Manufacturing output grew 12.4% annually in December. Excluding refined petroleum, manufacturing increased 16.1%. Production of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply surged 8.8%. Meanwhile, production in mining and quarrying declined 15.3% and production in water supply, and waste management decreased 2%.
Industrial output of intermediate goods grew 32.7% and those of durable goods increased 13.3%. Meanwhile, production of energy decreased 2.1%. Production of capital goods declined 0.7% and those of non-durable goods fell 0.6%. On a monthly basis, industrial production rose a seasonally and working-day adjusted 2.1% in January. On an unadjusted basis, industrial production accelerated 7.2% yearly in January and rose 1.1% from a month ago.