Thursday, September 30, 2010

Index of Six Core Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) -- August 2010



The Index of Six core industries having a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 stood at 262.9 (provisional) in August 2010 and registered a growth of 3.7% (provisional) compared to 6.4% registered in August 2009. During April-August 2010-11, six core industries registered a growth of 4.1% (provisional) as against 4.8% during the corresponding period of the previous year.

Crude Oil

Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 15.0% (provisional) in August 2010 compared to a growth rate of (-)2.5% in August 2009. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of 6.5% (provisional) during April-August 2010-11 compared to 1.6% during the same period of 2009-10.

Petroleum Refinery Products

Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-)2.3% (provisional) in August 2010 compared to growth of 3.0% in August 2009. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 5.3% (provisional) during April-August 2010-11 compared to (-)4.9% during the same period of 2009-10.

Coal

Coal production (weight of 3.2% in the IIP) registered a growth of 1.0% (provisional) in August 2010 compared to growth rate of 13.3% in August 2009. Coal production grew by 0.9% (provisional) during April-August 2010-11 compared to an increase of 12.6% during the same period of 2009-10.

Electricity

Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 1.0 % (provisional) in August 2010 compared to growth rate of 10.2% in August 2009. Electricity generation grew by 4.4% (provisional) during April-August 2010-11 compared to 6.2% during the same period of 2009-10.

Cement

Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of 1.6% (provisional) in August 2010 compared to 17.5% in August 2009. Cement Production grew by 4.6% (provisional) during April-August 2010-11 compared to an increase of 13.4% during the same period of 2009-10.

Finished (carbon) steel

Finished (carbon) Steel production (weight of 5.13% in the IIP) registered a growth of 7.7% (provisional) in August 2010 compared to 0.3% (estimated) in August 2009. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 3.5% (provisional) during April-August 2010-11 compared to an increase of 1.9% during the same period of 2009-10.

N.B: Data are provisional. Revision has been made based on revised data obtained.

No comments: