By sector, the production and distribution of electricity, gas, and water dropped 18.4 percent against last year’s average, ore and stone mining fell 7.5 percent, while the processing industry saw an increase of 3.5 percent.
The output of capital goods in June 2005 declined 15.7 percent against the 2004 average, energy output fell 14.3 percent, durable goods 7.4 percent, while the production of intermediate goods rose 3.1 percent and consumer goods 11.2 percent.
This year, through June, industrial production fell 2.1 percent against the same period in 2004, while the June 2005 output, compared with the previous month, showed that the declining trend had slowed down in response to decreases of output in the food and drinks industry, motor vehicles and trailers production, basic metals, rubber, plastic, and non-metals.