INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INCREASES

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ In the first 10 months of 2010, the total industrial output increased by 177.2 bln.tog or 13.2 percent to 1517.4 bln.tog (at 2005 constant prices) compared to the same period of the previous year. The increase in the industrial output was mainly due to 91.3- 32.5 percent increase in main mining and quarring products such as crude oil, and coal; 96.1-46.9 percent increase in manufacturing products such as milk, yogurt, fodder, metal foundries, flour, soft drinks, beer, wine, alcohol, metal construction; and 7.5-2.3 times increase in products such as mutton, goat meat, steel casting, and iron ore. Industrial output (at 2005 constant prices),
In the first 10 months of 2010, showed increase in mining of coal and lignite extraction of peat (91.3%), extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (32.5%) and other mining and quarrying (26.6%) for the mining and quarrying sector; manufacture of rubber and plastics products (60.8%), production of other non-metallic mineral products (36.8%), manufacture of wearing apparel, dressing and dyeing of fur (35.9%), manufacture of food products and beverages (33.7%), manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (31.2%), manufacture of basic metals (30.3%), manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel (29.5%), manufacture of wood and wooden products (25.0%), publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media (12.3%), manufacture of tobacco products (1.3%) 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 (8.3%).
In the first 10 months of 2010, a total of 179.4 bln.tog of construction and installation work were carried out at the national level. Of which, 165.1 bln.tog or 92.0 percent of the work were executed by domestic entities, and 14.3 bln.tog or 8.0 percent by foreign entities.