Bulgaria's industrial production declined by 10.8 percent in November 2009 compared to the same period of 2008, according to the preliminary data released Monday by the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
In November 2009, the Industrial Turnover Index decreased by 13.2 percent year-on-year. The electricity, gas,steam and air conditioning supply reported a drop of 18.4 percent and the
manufacturing was down by 12.8 percent.
The turnover in November 2009 increased by 0.7 percent month-on-month.
There was a 17.2 percent increase in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, while a decrease of 3.7 percent was registered in the processing industry.
The industrial production index in last November increased by 1.2 percent compared to the previous month. The production in the mining and quarrying industry fell by 3.5 percent and the
processing industry by 1.7 percent,respectively.