18:33 23.10.2017

Industrial production in Ukraine 0.3% down in Sept 2017

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Industrial production in Ukraine 0.3% down in Sept 2017

Industrial production in Ukraine in September 2017 decreased by 0.3% compared to the same month in 2016, while in August it increased by 1.2%, the State Statistics Service has said.

The agency said taking into account adjustment for the effect of calendar days, industrial production in September 2017 from September 2016 declined by a mere 0.1%.

It said in comparison with the previous month, in September this year industrial production grew by 2.5%, however, taking into account the seasonal factor, a decrease of 0.4% was recorded.

Growth in processing industry in September 2017 from September 2016 was 1.2%, in mining and quarrying industry 0.1%, while the supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air decreased by 3.4%.

According to the report, in general, in the nine months of 2017 industrial production in Ukraine fell by 0.3% compared to the same period in 2016, while in the eight months the lag was 0.4%, seven months some 0.7%.

The rise in processing industry in January-September was 3.6%, in mining and quarrying industry some 0.6%, while the supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air fell by 5.7%.

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