In December 2012, the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production increased by 0.4% compared to November. In the October-December quarter, the index recorded a decrease of 2.2% compared to the previous quarter.
Corrected for calendar effects, in December the index decreased by 6.6% in trend terms (there were 19 working days against 20 in December 2011). On average for the entire year 2012, the index marks a decrease of 6.7% compared to the previous year.
In December 2012, the indices adjusted for calendar effects show negative trend changes in all the main industrial groupings. The most marked decreases concern intermediate goods (-9.4%) and consumer goods (-7.7%), while more contained decreases are recorded for energy (-3.7%) and capital goods (-2. 5%).
In the trend comparison, decreases are noted in all sectors of the industry. The largest decreases concern the manufacture of rubber and plastic material items, other non-metallic mineral products (-16.8%), the wood, paper and printing industries (-11.4%), the mining (-10.8%) and the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (-10.7%).
Production of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
Seasonally adjusted data: Dec 12/ Nov 12: +1,8
