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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1988

INDUSTRIES WITH THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PRODUCTION OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 WERE: BASIC METALS (+61.5 PER CENT), PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (+40.3 PER CENT), CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+37.7 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PARTS, ACCESSORIES AND MACHINERY (+33.9 PER CENT), AND NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (+33.1 PER CENT).

THE CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WAS THE ONLY INDUSTRY THAT SHOWED A DECLINE IN PRODUCTION COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 (-12.1 PER CENT). THIS MAINLY REFLECTED A DECLINE IN THE PRODUCTION OF MEDICINES AND POLYSTYRENE.

COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987, INDUSTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PRODUCTION INCLUDED BEVERAGE (+32.5 PER CENT), TOBACCO (+24.3 PER CENT), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+21.1 PER CENT), NEWSPAPER PRINTING, JOB PRINTING AND OTHER PRINTING (+20.2 PER CENT), AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (+18.6 PER CENT).

AT THE SAME TIME, SEVERAL INDUSTRIES RECORDED SOME DECREASES IN PRODUCTION COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER.

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THEY WERE LEATHER PRODUCTS AND FOOTWEAR (EXCEPT RUBBER, PLASTIC AND WOODEN FOOTWEAR) (-9.5 PER CENT), PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES CLOCKS (-8.5 PER CENT), CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (-3.9 CENT), FOOD (-3.0 PER CENT), RUBBER PRODUCTS (-2.6 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-2.1 PER CENT).

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IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE LEVELS AND TRENDS OF OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION MEASURED AFTER REMOVING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGE.

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