INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT REACHED MNT 93.8 BILLION

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ In the first half of 2010, the total industrial output increased by MNT 93.8 billion, or 12.4 per cent, to MNT 848.5 billion (at 2005 constant prices) against the previous year. It was was mainly due to increase from 5.6 per cent to 10.3 times in coal, crude oil, molybdenum concentrate with 47%, fluor spar concentrate, all types of meat, milk, dairy products, wheat flour, alcoholic beverage, wine, beer, soft drinks, juice, combed down, lime, metal sleeper, copper, metal foundries and steel casting etc.
The industrial output showed an increase in mining of coal and lignite extraction of peat (83.0%), extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (80.2%) and other mining and quarrying (22.2%) for the mining and quarrying sector in manufacture of wearing apparel, dressing and dyeing of fur (45.5%), manufacture of food products and beverages (39.8%), manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (24.2.%), manufacture of textiles (23.0%), publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media (18.1%), manufacture of wood and wooden products (17.2%), production of other nonmetallic mineral products (11.7%), manufacture of rubber and plastics products (11.5%), manufacture of tobacco products (10.8%), manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel (4.4%) for the manufacturing sector compared to the same period of previous year.
For the electricity, thermal energy and water supply subdivision, there was an increase in production of electricity, thermal energy, and steam (6.5%).
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