17 April 2004 12:49
RUSSIA RAISES INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT 7.6% IN Q1
MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - Russia raised its industrial output 7.6% year-on-year in January-March 2004, the
Federal State Statistics Service reported.
Russia's industrial output grew 6.6% year-on-year in March 2004,
8.7% in February and 7.5% in January. Output was up 2.6% from the
Industrial production grew 6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2003.
previous month in March.
Excluding the impact of differences in the amount of working days, industrial output increased 6.2% in the first
quarter, including a 9.2% rise in January, 6.1% in February and 3.4% in March.
The country produced 4 million tonnes of mineral fertilizer, up
13.9%, 258,000 cars, up 28.4%, 16,900 buses, down 2.5%, 514,000
In January-March 2004, year-on-year industrial output growth was highest at 21.5% in glass and porcelain and 17.5% in
machine building and metal processing. Output increased 11.8% in construction materials, 10.7% in chemicals and
petrochemicals, 8.9% in medicine, 8.65 in the fuel industry, 7.6% for timber, wood processing, pulp and paper, 7.2% in
food, 6.9% in ferrous metallurgy, 6.4% in printing, 3.1% in nonferrous metallurgy, and 1.1% in milling.
Production fell 5.9% in microbiology and 0.9% in the light industry. In other industries, output increased 8.6% on
average.
Russia produced 262 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, up 0.5% year-on-year, 110 million tonnes of oil and gas
condensate, up 10.9%, 168 billion cubic meters of gas, up 2.9%, 73.9 million tonnes of coal, up 1.2%, and 23.4 million
tonnes of iron ore, up 5.4%. Production increased 5.4% to 13 million tonnes of ferrous metal roll and 14.6% to 1.5
million tonnes of steel pipe.
refrigerators and freezers, up 10.4%, 973,000 tonnes of paper, up 12%, and 7.6 million tonnes of cement, up 18.7%.
Production went up 1.4% to 721 millions square meters of material, 7.6% to 2.1 million tonnes of dairy products, and
21.8% to 1.71 billion liters of beer, but down 1.2% to 1.9 million tonnes of bread and baked products.
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