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Malta’s industrial production grows 1.9% in June

Manfredi Bertelli — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 05:55:16 +0000

The seasonally-adjusted index of industrial production increased by 1.9% in June 2019, compared to the previous month of the same year, according to the latest figures published by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The working-day adjusted index of industrial production increased by a y.o.y. 1.7%.

In a year-on-year comparison, increases were registered in the production of energy (15.7%) and capital goods (2.3%) while the production of intermediate goods and consumer goods decreased by 2.3% and 1.6%, respectively.

In a month-on-month comparison, increases were registered in the production of energy (4.7%), consumer goods (4.55) and capital goods (2.5%) while the production of intermediate goods saw a decrease of 2.6%.

The full report with charts and figures is available for download at the official website of NSO.

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Malta’s industrial production drops 4.9% in May

Manfredi Bertelli — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 09:18:26 +0000

The working-day adjusted index of industrial production dropped by 4.9% in May 2019, compared to the same month of the previous year, according to a report published by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The index was up 1.3% as compared to the preceding month, though.

In fact, decreases were registered in the production of consumer goods (10.9%), intermediate goods (2.0%) and capital goods (1.4%).

In a month-on-month comparison, the index was up by 1.3% in over April 2019. Increases were registered in the production of energy (4.5%), consumer goods (2.3%) and intermediate goods (1.8%).

The full report including charts and visual representation of data is available for download at the website of NSO.

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Malta’s industrial output drops y.o.y. 1.8% in April

Manfredi Bertelli — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:31:05 +0000

The working-day adjusted index of industrial production was down by 1.8% in April, as compared to the preceding year, while the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production decreased by 0.6% as compared to the preceding month, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

As compared to April 2018, a decrease of 13.4% was registered in the production of consumer goods. Nevertheless, increases were registered in the production of energy (29.6%), intermediate goods (1%) and capital goods (0.1%).

In April, the drop was chiefly affected by a decrease of 4.6% registered in the production of consumer goods, according to the NSO press release, as compared to the preceding month. Nevertheless, slight growth was registered in the production of energy (1.5%), capital goods (0.6%) and intermediate goods (0.3%).

The full report including charts and visual representation of data is available for download at the website of NSO.

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