Provisional seasonally adjusted data issued by the National Statistics Office show that industrial production went up by 1.3 per cent in June over the previous month. When compared to the corresponding month last year, the index of industrial production adjusted for working days increased by 3.0 per cent.

In June, industrial production increased by 1.3 per cent to 108.2 points. The production of intermediate and consumer goods went up by 1.4 and 1.6 per cent respectively. On the other hand, decreases of 1.7 and 0.3 per cent were registered in the production of energy and capital goods respectively.

When compared to the corresponding month last year, the index of industrial production went up from 109.3 points to 112.6 points (+3.0 per cent). This was mainly due to increases of 0.6, 14.1 and 3.1 per cent in the production of intermediate, capital and consumer goods respectively. Furthermore, the production of energy fell by 6.8 per cent.

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