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PCBS | PCBS: The Industrial Production Index, 2018 & December, 12/2018

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

 Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine During 2018& During, 12/2018

Decrease in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine during 2018

The overall IPI in Palestine reached 103.59 during the year of 2018 with a decrease of 3.94% compared to the previous year (Base Month December 2015 = 100).

IPI for 2018 decreased due to the decrease in the activities of Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply by 20.80%, and the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 3.63%, while the activities of Mining and Quarrying increased by 20.46%, and the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation increased by 4.71%.

 The table shows percent changes in IPI in Palestine for the period 2012 –2018:

 

Year

Percent Change %

2012

+ 6.39

2013

+ 7.82

2014

- 3.92

2015

- 3.80

2016

+ 0.96

2017

+ 4.11

2018

- 3.94

Cum.

+ 7.05

 

Increase in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine during December 2018

The overall IPI in Palestine reached 110.41 during December 2018 with an increase of 1.13% compared to November 2018 (Base Month December 2015 = 100).

IPI for December 2018 increased due to the increase in the activities of Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply by 7.49% which had a share of 11.98% of the total industry, the activities of Mining and Quarrying by 2.30% which had a share of 4.06% of the total industry, and the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 0.42% which had a share of 83.19% of the total industry, while the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation decreased by 3.47% which had a share of 0.78% of the total industry.


The table shows percent changes in IPI for the period  January – December 2018:

Month

Percent Change (%)

January

7.29 -

February

1.03 -

March

4.81 +

April

3.34 -

May

3.16 -

June

5.22 -

July

12.08 +

August

2.35 -

September

7.68 +

October

3.06 -

November

2.43 +

December

1.13 +

2018 Comp. with  2017

3.94 +

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