Production was 6% lower year-on-year in November 2009. Mining and quarrying was 6.5% down on last year and oil and gas down 4.1%. Energy supplies fell 10.6% over the same period. These decreases were slightly offset by an increase in water supply output.
Production increased 0.4% between October and November 2009. Mining and quarrying output increased by 5.9%, oil and gas 7.2%. Energy output went up 3.5% on the month. The gas supply output helped offset decreases in electricity and water supply output.
Manufacturing output showed an annual decline of 5.4% in November. Machinery and equipment at 17.4% showed the biggest declines while basic metals and metal products decreased by 12.1%. The transport equipment industries showed the largest annual increases with output going up by 2.8% which also reported an increase of 3.5% month on month.
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