Production growth of large and medium manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 4.72 percent (y-on-y)

Production growth of large and medium manufacturing industry
in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 4.72 percent 
(y-on-y) against the first quarter of 2016. The increase 
was mainly due to increased production of chemical and 
chemical goods industry by 7.41 percent, Food industry by 
6.98 percent and beverage industry which rose by 5.54 
percent. While the types of industries that experienced 
a decline in production were the machinery and equipment 
industries which decreased by 6.12 percent, other 
manufacturing industries fell 5.86 percent and the leather 
industry, leather goods and footwear fell by 1.83 percent.

The growth of production of micro and small manufacturing 
industry in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 17.11 
percent (y-on-y) against the first quarter of 2016. 
The increase was mainly due to the increased production of 
paper and paper products industry 65.22 percent, Leather 
goods and footwear 43.15 percent, and textile industry 
39.24 percent. The types of industries that experienced 
a decrease in production were other transportation 
equipment industries down 34.05 percent, the printing and 
reproduction industries recording media down 18.07 percent,
and the furniture industry fell 11.96 percent.