Production of industrial goods and services: Activity contracts by 0.9% – Lequotidien

Production of industrial goods and services: Activity contracts by 0.9% – Lequotidien
Production of industrial goods and services: Activity contracts by 0.9% – Lequotidien

The production of industrial goods and services, excluding cotton ginning, contracted by 0.9% in November 2024, compared to that of the same period in 2023, according to the latest Harmonized Index of Industrial Production (Ihpi) .By Abdou Latif MANSARAY –

In the industrial sector, production was characterized by a decline in November 2024. According to the indicator, which measures the production of goods and services, activity experienced a decline of 0.9% at this time. period under review, relative to that of the same period in 2023.

This development is attributable to the poor performance noted in the extractive industries estimated at a rate of 5.7%, according to the latest Harmonized Industrial Production Index (Ihpi) of the National Agency for Statistics and Demography.

Explaining the decrease noted in the extractive sector, the Ansd cites “the drop in metal ore extraction activity of 13.5%”. On the other hand, she underlines, “the activity of other extractive industries is reinvigorated by 6% over the period under review. Over the first eleven months of 2024, production in extractive industries contracts by 0.5%, compared to that of the corresponding period of 2023.

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But when it comes to environmental, electricity, gas and water production and manufacturing industries, their production has increased.
The production of environmental industries increased by 5.2% in November 2024, compared to the same month of 2023. This development is linked, according to the document, “to the progression noted in the wastewater collection activity , and the treatment and disposal of waste by 5%). Likewise, over the first eleven months of 2024, the production of environmental industries increases by 6.9%, compared to the same period in 2023.
With reference to the same period of the year 2023, the production of electricity, gas and water increases by 1.4% in November 2024. The Agency attributes this increase “to the performance noted in the production of water estimated at 1.9% and electricity and gas, 1.3%, over the period under review. Cumulatively over the first eleven months of 2024, the production of electricity, gas and water also increases by 5.6% compared to that of the corresponding period of 2023.

Regarding manufacturing production, it increased “by 0.7%, relative to that of the same period of 2023. This increase is attributable, mainly, to the good performance of the manufacturing activity of metallurgical products and foundry which experienced an increase of 25.8%, refining and coking products which increased by 20% and agri-food products, 5.5%. However, specifies the Ansd, “there is a poor performance in the manufacturing of chemical and pharmaceutical products estimated at 17.4%, mineral materials, 15.2%, as well as paper and cardboard, 9.1% on the period under review. But, “over the first eleven months of 2024, production in manufacturing industries contracted by 0.8%, compared to its level for the corresponding period in 2023”.
Over the first eleven months of 2024, industrial production increased by “0.1%, compared to the corresponding period of 2023, in relation to the increase in that of environmental industries of 6.9%, in electricity production , gas and water, 5.6%.
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