ARmy Rumour SErvice

Index of Production

Total production output increased by 0.4 per cent between October and November. Mining and quarrying output increased by 5.9 per cent with an increase in oil and gas production output of 7.2 per cent. Energy supply output decreased by 3.5 per cent on the month with decreases in the electricity and water supply output being offset by an increase in the gas supply output.

Year on year, overall production output in November 2009 was 6.0 per cent lower than in November 2008. Output in the mining and quarrying sector decreased by 6.5 per cent in November 2009 compared to the same month a year ago with a 4.1 per cent decrease in oil and gas extraction. Over the same period, output of the energy supply industries fell by 10.6 per cent with decreases in electricity and gas supply output being offset by an increase in water supply output.

Total manufacturing output fell by 5.4 per cent in November 2009 compared to the same month a year ago. Output decreased in ten of the 13 sub-sectors and rose in three sub-sectors. The largest contributors to the decline were the machinery and equipment industries which fell by 17.4 per cent and the basic metals and metal product industries which decreased by 12.1 per cent. The largest increase in output over the same period was 2.8 per cent in the transport equipment industries.

Between October and November, manufacturing output was flat. Output increased in six of the 13 sub-sectors and also fell in six sub-sectors with one sub-sector unchanged. The largest positive contribution to overall output was an increase of 3.5 per cent in the transport equipment industries. The biggest negative contributions to overall output were decreases of 3.0 per cent in the machinery and equipment industries and 1.0 per cent in the food, drink and tobacco industries.

Originally Posted by Mover

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