October 22 (SeeNews) - Moldova's industrial output fell by a real 24.3% on the year in the first nine months of 2009 after rising by 2.8% a year earlier, official figures indicated on Thursday.
In September alone, Moldova's industrial output decreased by a real 22.5% on the year, the country’s statistics bureau said in a statement.
Calculated in current prices, Moldova's industrial output totalled 16.32 billion lei ($1.5 billion/983 million euro) in the January-September period.
Moldova's industrial output (y/y pct change):
|
Jan-Sept'09 |
Jan-Sept'08 |
Total |
-24.3 |
+2.8 |
- processing |
-26.3 |
+2.2 |
- mining |
-32.4 |
+8.6 |
- services |
-4.5 |
+6.4 |
(1 euro=16.6018 Moldovan lei)