Thursday, July 29, 2010

Index of Six Core Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) – June 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 258.1 (provisional) in June 2010 and registered a growth of 3.4% (provisional) compared to 6.3% registered in June 2009. During April-June 2010-11, six core industries registered a growth of 4.6% (provisional) as against 4.3% during the corresponding period of the previous year.

Crude Oil

Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 6.8% (provisional) in June 2010 compared to a growth rate of 4.0% in June 2009. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of 5.9 (provisional) during April-June 2010-11 compared to (-)1.3% during the same period of 2009-10.

Petroleum Refinery Products

Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of 2.9% (provisional) in June 2010 compared to growth of (-)3.8% in June 2009. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 5.3% (provisional) during April-June 2010-11 compared to (-)4.2% during the same period of 2009-10.

Coal

Coal production (weight of 3.2% in the IIP) registered a growth of 0.9% (provisional) in June 2010 compared to growth rate of 15.2% in June 2009. Coal production grew by (-)0.4% (provisional) during April-June 2010-11 compared to an increase of 13.0% during the same period of 2009-10.

Electricity

Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 3.4 % (provisional) in June 2010 compared to a growth rate of 7.7% in June 2009. Electricity generation grew by 5.6% (provisional) during April-June 2010-11 compared to 5.8% during the same period of 2009-10.

Cement

Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of 3.6% (provisional) in June 2010 compared to 12.7% in June 2009. Cement Production grew by 7.0% (provisional) during April-June 2010-11 compared to an increase of 12.1% 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 3.5% (provisional) in June 2010 compared to 3.6% (estimated) in June 2009. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 3.6% (provisional) during April-June 2010-11 compared to an increase of 1.7% during the same period of 2009-10.

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

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