BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), September 23 (SeeNews) – The industrial output of Bosnia's Serb Republic rose 7.8% year-on-year in August after increasing by 6.9% a month earlier, the entity's statistics office said citing working-day adjusted data.
In seasonally adjusted monthly comparison terms, industrial production in the Serb Republic rose 2.1% in August after edging up 1.3% in July, the office said in a statement on Thursday.
Details of Bosnia's Serb Republic industrial output follow (percentage change):
|
August y/y |
July y/y |
August m/m |
July m/m |
Industry total |
7.8 |
6.9 |
2.1 |
1.3 |
manufacturing |
-6.3 |
4.8 |
-12.2 |
1.5 |
mining |
8.6 |
-9.5 |
9.8 |
7.0 |
utilities |
51.9 |
22.3 |
17.0 |
-4.8 |
In 2015, industrial production in the Serb Republic rose 2.7% after edging up 0.7% a year earlier.
The Serb Republic is one of the two autonomous entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Muslim-Croat Federation.