• Production posts single-digit year-on-year increase

Production output of the manufacturing industry in May 2001 moved up by 8.8 percent in value and 2.0 percent in volume compared to year ago figures according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). The increases in production value and volume were, however, the lowest recorded for the last 12 months.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry in July 2001 registered year-on-year increases both in 1985 and 1994-based series at 11.4 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).