Industrial production up in December

Turkey’s industrial production increased 2.6 percent in December from the same period in the previous year

Industrial production up in December
Turkey's industrial production increased 2.6 percent in December, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute released on Monday.

Industrial production increased 2.6 percent compared with the same month last year, and 1.2 percent from the previous month.

Mining output rose 3.2 percent in December from the previous month, but output from utilities decreased 1.9 percent. Manufacturing indexes rose 1.6 percent in December.

Industrial production decreased 0.5 percent in the last quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter.

In the last quarter of 2014, mining output rose 6.6 percent, while utilities were up 2.5 percent compared with the same quarter of 2013. The manufacturing indexes rose 1.5 percent in December.

For the year 2014, industrial production increased 3.6 percent compared with the average of the previous year.

Anadolu Agency
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