RAMALLAH, July 5, 2011 (WAFA) - PCBS showed in a report released Tuesday that the industrial production index (IPI) represented 12.3% of overall GDP in 2010 and showed an increase of 7.39% in May 2011 compared to January 2011.
IPI increased by 1.83% in May 2011 compared to April 2011, with the overall quantity of the IPI in the Palestinian Territory reaching 107.39 compared to 105.46 last month.
Mining and quarrying showed a decrease of 4.73% in May 2011 compared to April 2011 and had a relative share of 4.6% of overall IPI. Water supply & electricity showed a decrease of 4.59% for the same period, with a relative share of 14.8% of overall IPI, and manufacturing industries showed an increase by 3.06%, with a relative share of 80.6% of overall IPI.
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