State Institute of Statistics declared that manufacturing industry production  increased  by 8.7%,  mining  industry  production decreased  by  12.7 %,  electricity,  gas and  water  production  increased  by  4.8 %,
in August of  2002,  over to the same period of the previous year.
 

       The  statement  released  by  SIS,  total  industrial  production  increased  by  8.0,   and mining industry  decreased by 9.4 %,  manufacturing industry increased by 9.3 %, and electricity, gas and water industry increased by 5.9 %  in eight months of  2002, over to the same period of the previous year.

NOTE  :-  MONTHLY    INDUSTRIAL    PRODUCTION    INDEX   HAS   BEEN   CALCULATED   TO   GIVE     INFORMATION IN A SHORT TIME. 403 ITEMS FROM 918 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH REPRESENT 70 %  OF   TOTAL   INDUSTRIAL   PRODUCTION  VALUE  HAVE  BEEN  USED  TO  CALCULATE   MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL   PRODUCTION   INDEX.   APPROXIMATELY   2005   ITEMS  FROM  3000  LARGE  SCALE ESTABLISHMENTS  WHICH   REPRESENT  81 % OF TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION VALUE  HAVE BEEN   USED   TO   CALCULATE   QUARTERLY   I NDUSTRIAL  PRODUCT  INDEX.  THERE ARE  SOME DIFFERENCES  BETWEEN TWO INDEXES BECAUSE OF THE  COVERAGE. MONTHLY INDEX SHOULD
BE   USED  AS  A  SHORT  TERM  INDICATOR.  FINAL  RESULT   MUST BE TAKEN FROM QUARTERLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX.