Moldova posts highest Jan-Sept production growth in CIS

[Chris Doss]

04.11.2002 10:22:01
Moldova posts highest Jan-Sept production growth in CIS
MOSCOW. Nov 4 (Interfax) - In the period January-September, Moldova posted 
industrial output growth of 11.8% year-on-year, the highest among the 
countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the CIS 
inter-governmental statistics committee has announced.

   Industrial output growth was 11.0% year-on-year in Armenia, 9.5% in 
Kazakhstan, 6.4% in Tajikistan, 6.0% in Ukraine, 4.0% in Russia, 3.7% in 
Belarus, 2.8% in Azerbaijan and 2.7% in Georgia. Kyrgyzstan posted a 
downturn of 17.3%. The committee had no figures for Turkmenistan or 
Uzbekistan.

   Average production growth in the CIS during this period was up 4%. That 
figure was 7% in January-September of last year. Gross domestic product 
(GDP) also showed average 4% growth.

   Azerbaijan's GDP was up 9.8% year-on-year during the period, Armenia's 
11.0%, Belarus's 4.4%, Georgia's 4.1%, Tajikistan's 8.9%, Ukraine's 4.1%. 
Kyrgyzstan's GDP was 2.6% down year-on-year. In Russia, output of goods and 
services in the five core sectors of the Russian economy (industry, 
agriculture, construction, transport and retail trade) was up 3.7%. 
Kazakhstan posted first-half GDP growth of 9.2%, Moldova 6.4%. <>

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