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Manufacturing output fell 2% annually in September. Excluding refined petroleum, manufacturing remained unchanged. Production in mining and quarrying gained 8.0%.
Production in waste management increased 11% and those of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply rose 9.1%. Meanwhile, production in water supply declined 1.2%.
Among the major industrial groupings, production of capital goods declined 10.0% and that of energy fell 5.0% in September.
Meanwhile, production of durable goods gained 5.3%. Production of intermediate goods and non-durable goods grew 3.3% and 1.2%, respectively.
On a monthly basis, industrial production fell a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.4% in August. On an unadjusted basis, industrial production rose 2.4% yearly in September and grew 5.4% from a month ago.