The index of industrial production for manufacturing industries as a whole grew 2.2% in the second quarter compared to the same quarter last year, while the corresponding producer price index fell 0.4%, the Census & Statistics Department announced today.
The index of industrial production for sewerage, waste management and remediation activities grew 2.1%, and the corresponding producer price index grew 2.2%.
Output volume increases were recorded in the food, beverages and tobacco industry (+8.8%), the apparel industry (+2.1%), and the metal, computer, electronic and optical products, machinery and equipment industry (+0.2%).
The textiles industry, and the paper products, printing and reproduction of recorded media industry recorded an output volume decrease of 12.1% and 2.4%.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the manufacturing industries industrial production index as a whole fell 0.8% over the previous quarter.
