Industry’s turnover (domestic and external markets), in nominal terms, increased in the first four months of this year by 1.7% as compared to the same period in 2014, but decreased in April by 7, 2% against the previous month and by 0.8% against April 2014, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INS).
The turnover increase in industry during January 1-April 30, 2015, compared to the same period in 2014 was due to the growth in the mining industry by 3.2% and in manufacturing industry by 1.6%.
By main industrial groups, increases in turnover were registered in capital goods by 6.7%, in durable consumer goods industries by 4.9%, in intermediate goods industry by 4.4% and in the household goods industry by 0.4%. The energy industry fell by 21.8%.
According to INS, in April 2015, the overall turnover in industry (domestic and external markets), in nominal terms, decreased both as compared to March by 7.2% and as compared to the same month of 2014 by 0 8%.
The drop in April 2015 as compared with March 2015 occurred on the background of decreases in the extractive industry by 14% and in the manufacturing industry by 6.9%.