Quarterly IIP compares the index of industrial sector in the second quarter of the current year and the corresponding quarter in the previous year.
Results indicate that the overall index of industrial production (IIP) increased from 133.3 in the second quarter of 2015 to 141.9 in the 3 second quarter of 2016, recording the annual IIP rate of 6.4. This increase is attributed to the increase in manufacturing sub-sector (7.5 percent); mining and quarrying (5.0 percent) and water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (1.3 percent). However, there is a decrease in production of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply subsector (-0.3 percent).
