Manufacturing output increased 35.3% annually in December. Excluding refined petroleum, manufacturing rose 25.8%. Production of water supply, and waste management grew 3% and those in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply increased 19.7%.
Meanwhile, production in mining and quarrying declined 5.1%.
Among the major industrial groupings, production of intermediate goods grew 38.3% yearly in December and those of capital goods increased 18.0%. Production of energy gained 58.8%. Production of durable goods increased by 17.8% and those of non-durable goods rose 11.2%.
On a monthly basis, industrial production rose a seasonally, and working-day adjusted 6.2% in December.
On an unadjusted basis, industrial production grew 26.5% yearly in December and increased 4.3% from a month ago. For January to December periods, industrial production rose an unadjusted 19.4% and rose a seasonally adjusted 20%.
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