Provisional seasonally adjusted data show that in September, industrial production decreased by 1.6 per cent over the previous month. These figures from the National Statistics Office also show that over the corresponding month last year, working day adjusted production went up by 3.2 per cent.
Compared to the previous month, the index of industrial production decreased by 1.6 per cent to 106.4 points. All main industrial groupings except intermediate goods registered a drop in production. Intermediate goods increased by 2.1 per cent while the production of energy, capital goods and consumer goods decreased by 4.9, 4.1 and 4.2 per cent respectively.
When compared to the corresponding month last year, the index of industrial production increased by 3.2 per cent. The production of intermediate goods, energy and consumer goods increased by 10.1, 0.6 and 0.1 per cent respectively while the production of capital goods decreased by 1.4 per cent