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DECREASE OF 20.2 PHENOMENON.
COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986,
PER 12.2 OR POINTS
CENT.
INDEX THE THIS WAS A
SHOWED A SEASONAL
CENT),
PAPER
AND
PRODUCTION OVER THE INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN
PER (+59.1 FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WERE RUBBER PRODUCTS
NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND PAPER PRODUCTS
PER CENT), (+58.7 PER
CENT), CONSUMER ELECTRICAL (+41 PER CENT), TEXTILES (+39.2 PER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+37.5 PER CENT) AND TOBACCO (+35.4 PER CENT). THE OTHER HAND, THE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY REPORTED A DECLINE IN PRODUCTION OVER THE SAME PERIOD (-16.6 PER CENT).
ON
IN
QUARTER OF 1987 COMPARING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST WITH THAT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986, INDUSTRIES WITH INCREASES
PER (+12.1 PRODUCTS
CENT), TRANSPORT PRODUCTION
RUBBER INCLUDED
CENT) EQUIPMENT (+11.7 PER CENT), PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (+10.9 PER AND TOBACCO (+9.8 PER CENT).
MOSTLY DUE TO SEASONAL SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN
OF
1986.
INFLUENCES, PRODUCTION WHEN
THEY
INCLUDED
MANY INDUSTRIES COMPARED FABRICATED
RECORDED
THE WITH
FOURTH METAL PRODUCT'S (-22.9 PER CENT),
QUARTER (-25.7 PER CENT), CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-20.9 PER CNET) AND TEXTILES (-20.8 PER CENT),
IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES,
CENSUS AND
SPOKESMAN A
THE FOR
OF INDUSTRIAL THE INDEX EXPLAINED THAT STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
TRENDS OF PRODUCTION IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE LEVELS AND
IS VOLUME OF PRODUCTION OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS. IN OTHER WORDS, MEASURED AFTER REMOVING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
THE
"REPORT ON THE
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, FIRST QUARTER 1987".
CAN BE OBTAINED CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST
OR AT THE
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