17 March 2004 14:13
RUSSIA RAISES INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT 8.1%
MOSCOW. March 16 (Interfax) - Russia raised its industrial output 8.1% year-on-year in January-February 2004,
compared to a 5.7% rise in the first two months of 2003, the Federal State Statistics Service reported Tuesday.
Industrial production grew 8.7% year-on-year in February 2004 and 7.5% in January.
highest at 25.7% in glass and porcelain and 19.8% in machine
construction and metal processing. Production was up 11.9% in
Excluding the impact of differences in the amount of working days, industrial output increased 7.7% year-on-year in
January-February 2004, with a 9.2% rise in January and 6.1% in February.
In January-February 2004, year-on-year industrial output growth was
construction materials, 11.4% in medicine, 10.7% in chemicals and petrochemicals, 9.3% in the fuel, 8.8% in ferrous
metallurgy, 8.7% timber, wood, pulp and paper, 6.9% in food, 4.8% in printing, 1.7% in nonferrous metallurgy, and 0.2%
in electricity. Production was down 3.8% in microbiology and 2.7% in the light industry. In other industries, output
rose by an average of 8.9%.
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