November 10 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's October industrial output rose by 5.5% month-on-month, after increasing by a revised 0.5% in September, preliminary data of the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed on Thursday.
October's industrial output was 16.1% lower than a year earlier.
BULGARIA INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT (PCT CHANGE):
|
October'09 |
September '09* |
October '08 |
M/M |
+5.5 |
+0.5 |
+0.3 |
Y/Y |
-16.1 |
-21.1 |
-2.3 |
BREAKDOWN BY INDUSTRY (M/M PCT CHANGE):
|
October '09 |
September '09* |
October '08 |
- manufacturing |
+3.4 |
+0.6 |
+0.3 |
- mining |
+34.2 |
-3.1 |
-7.2 |
- utilities |
+6.3 |
+1.3 |
+2.0 |
* revised figures
Bulgaria's October industrial sales rose by a provisional 5.2% month-on-month.