In year-on-year terms the volume of industrial export sales increased by 10.4%, while industrial domestic sales rose by 3.6%, KSH said.

Of the sections of industry, production of manufacturing grew by 10.3%, and the output of the energy industry rose by 7.2% in year-on-year terms, while mining and quarrying fell significantly, by 30%, KSH said.

In month-on-month terms, the volume of industrial production was down by 1.4%, according to seasonally and working-day adjusted indices.

In the period of January-November 2015, industrial output grew by 7.3% in year-on-year terms.