BELGRADE (Serbia), September 30 (SeeNews) – Serbia’s August industrial output dropped 10.0% on the year after falling by an annual 15.4% in July, the country’s statistics office said on Wednesday.
In August, Serbia’s industrial output was 14.8% lower than last year’s average, the office said in a statement on its website. In July, industrial production was 13.3% lower than the 2008 average.
Industrial output contracted 16.2% in the first eight months of 2009, compared to the same period in 2008.
Serbia's industrial output (pct change):
|
Aug'09 vs Aug'08 |
July'09 vs July'08 |
TOTAL
|
-10 |
-15.4 |
Mining |
+9.6 |
-2.6 |
Processing Industry |
-5.0 |
-20.2 |
Utilities |
+4.7 |
+1.9 |