RAMALLAH, January 4, 2018 (WAFA) - The overall Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine decreased in November by 1% compared to the previous month, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said on Thursday.
The decreased was due to drop in the activities of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 8.42%, which had a share of 11.98% of the total industry, the activities of mining and quarrying by 2.73%, which had a share of 4.06% of the total industry, the activities of water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation by 2.57%, which had a share of 0.78% of the total industry, and the activities of manufacturing industry by 0.15%, which had a share of 83.19% of the total industry.
The table below shows monthly percentage changes in IPI for the period January – November 2017:
|
Month
|
Change in %
|
|
January
|
+ 4.80
|
|
February
|
- 6.11
|
|
March
|
+ 8.08
|
|
April
|
- 6.36
|
|
May
|
- 0.49
|
|
June
|
- 11.23
|
|
July
|
+ 15.25
|
|
August
|
+ 16.97
|
|
September
|
- 12.44
|
|
October
|
+ 1.28
|
|
November
|
- 1.00
|
M.K.
