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In November 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by

2.7 per cent over the previous month. When compared to November 2016,
the index of industrial production adjusted for working days increased by
0.5 per cent.

Index of Industrial Production: November 2017

Cut-off date: Monthly comparison
28 December 2017
In November 2017, the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production increased by 2.7 per
cent. Increases were registered in the four main industrial groupings including the production of
consumer goods (3.5 per cent), capital goods (2.4 per cent), intermediate goods (0.8 per cent) and
energy (0.4 per cent) (Table 2).

Annual comparison

When compared to November 2016, the index of industrial production adjusted for working days
increased by 0.5 per cent. Increases were registered in the production of consumer goods (5.2
per cent), capital goods (2.7 per cent) and energy (2.2 per cent). On the contrary, the production
of intermediate goods went down by 6.5 per cent (Table 4) 

Annual working-day adjusted variation

(% change over corresponding month last year)

15

10

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% change t / t-12

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2014 2015 2016 2017

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