According to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) on Monday, the mining and stone quarry sector witnessed a 4.5 percent increase in March over the same month a year ago.
The manufacturing sector index increased by 10.4 percent, while the gas and steam production and distribution sectors rose by 11.9 percent in the same period.
The calendar-adjusted production index in March 2011 increased by 10.6 percent compared to the same month last year, while the seasonal and calendar-adjusted industrial production index decreased by 0.3 percent over the previous month.
The greatest increase year-on-year occurred in capital goods production, which rose by 26 percent.
09 May 2011
SOURCE: TODAY’S ZAMAN
