Nghe An: Industrial production index in 10 months increased by 18%
(Baonghean.vn) - The industrial production index (IIP) in Nghe An in October 2018 is estimated to increase by 20.64% over the same period in 2017. On average, in the first 10 months of 2018, IIP increased by 18% over the same period.
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| Royal Foods Company - a Thai canned food company investing in Nam Cam Industrial Park. Photo by Viet Phuong |
Of which: Mining industry reached 95.23% of the same period; Processing and manufacturing industry increased by 15.26%; Electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning production and distribution industry increased by 23.31%; Water supply, waste management and treatment activities increased by 12.11%.
Some industrial products have increased quite a bit compared to the same period, such as: fresh milk (142.05 million liters, up 20.29%), yogurt (26.92 thousand tons, up 41%), cement (3.59 million tons, up 80.51%), stone powder (515.17 thousand tons, up 51%), hot rolled steel (7,412.7 tons, up 44.5%), roofing sheets (598,416.2 tons, up 50.93%), electricity production (2,875.3 million kWh, up 31.29%),...
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However, some industrial products are slow to produce and consume due to market difficulties or unstable input materials, so the growth rate in the first 10 months of 2018 continued to decrease compared to the same period, such as: bottled beer (down 17.26%), canned beer (down 7.24%), animal feed (down 22.33%), NPK fertilizer (down 27%)...
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Mr. Hoang Van Tam - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade said: To strengthen solutions to remove difficulties, promote industrial production and services, in the last months of the year, the industry focuses on directing the promotion of production of key products such as: corrugated iron, cement, MDF wood, milk, beer, electricity production, etc. Ensuring favorable conditions for a number of projects to come into operation such as: Garment factories (Minh Anh Garment, MLB TENERGY Phase 2 Garment, Hi-Tech Garment, Manh Thanh Garment), hydropower projects (Nhan Hac, Canan, Xoong Con), projects in VSIP Industrial Park, etc.
In addition, continue to work with businesses whose products are lower than planned to find solutions to overcome difficulties such as: beer, packaging, fertilizer, animal feed production, etc.
