Industrial output increases 5.6 percent in first six months

The industrial output increased as a gross series by 5.6 percent in the first six months of 2010, as compared with the same time span of 2009, and as a seasonally adjusted series depending on the number of working days by 4.4 percent, according to a release issued by the National Institute of Statistics.

The industrial output grew in June 2010 as against May 2010 both as a gross series and as a seasonally adjusted series depending on the number of working days by 4.7 percent and 1.9 percent respectively.

When compared with June 2009, the industrial output (gross series) increased by 6.7 percent and as a seasonally adjusted series depending on the number of working days it increased by 4.7 percent.

The growth of the industrial output, as a gross series, in the first six months of this year as against the same time span of last year was due to the 11.7 percent increase in the production and supply of electric and thermic power, gas, hot water and air conditioning and to the 5.8 percent increase in the processing industry. The extractive industry went down by 9.2 percent.

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