September 30 (SeeNews) - Macedonia's industrial output increased by 5.2% year-on-year in August, after growing by 5.1% in July, official data showed on Friday.
At the annual leves, the highest growth rate was recorded in manufacturing, whereas mining production declined, according to data posted on the website of Macedonia's statistics office.
For the first eight months of the year, Macedonia's industrial production expanded by 5.5% on the year.
Details follow:
|
Aug y/y |
July y/y |
Jan-Aug y/y |
Industry, total |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
-manufacturing |
8.4 |
6.1 |
9.2 |
-mining |
-11.5 |
-5.5 |
-9.3 |
-utilities |
0.9 |
15.4 |
-9.7 |
source: stat office