State Statistics Committee of the value of industrial production in September
The September industrial production prices in Azerbaijan decreased by 4% compared with August. Most (4.6%) recorded the cheapening of products in the mining sector, including oil and gas production. In this case, 0.5% increased the cost of production of stone, sand, gravel, salt and other products of mining products.
In the processing industry there was recorded a decline in prices by 0.4%. Manufacturing petroleum products (0.7%), chemical products (0.9%), metal products (0.1%) and beverages (0.1%) became cheaper.
Rising prices in the reporting month were recorded in the production of computers and other electronic equipment (4.7%), building materials (0.5%), tobacco products (0.5%), food (0.1%), and wood industry (0.2%). --17D-
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