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June industrial output up 8.6 percent
Published:  Aug 8, 2003 5:59 AM
Updated: Jan 29, 2008 10:21 AM

The country's June industrial output rose 8.6 percent from a year ago but showed an almost equally sharp downturn from May, the Statistics Department said today.

In June, manufacturing sector output rose 8.7 percent from a year earlier, electricity 10 percent and mining 5.2 percent, it said in a statement.

However, in June industrial output shrank 8.1 percent from May as all three sectors slumped, with manufacturing down 9.8 percent, electricity down 2.6 percent and mining 2.3 percent, it said.


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