Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Sharp Decrease in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine

 during July, 07/2022

The overall IPI in Palestine reached 105.04 during July 2022 which indicates a sharp decrease of 11.41% compared to June 2022   (Base Year    2019 = 100).

IPI for July 2022 sharply decreased due to the sharp decrease in the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 13.09% which had a share of 87.89% of the total industry, the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation by 12.13% which had a share of 1.84% of the total industry, and the activities of Mining and Quarrying decreased by 9.72% which had a share of 2.89% of the total industry. While, the activities of Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply increased by 8.61% which had a share of 7.38% of the total industry. 

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