Russia’s industrial production surges over 7% in April
Russia’s industrial production grew by 7.2% in April compared to the same period last year. It followed a rise of 2.3% in March, according to data from the Federal Service for State Statistics (Rosstat).
Output during the first four months of the year increased by 1.1% in annual terms.
Statistics show that production in the mining sector last month decreased by 1.8% compared to last year, down 1.4% from the previous month. Mining production between January and April was down 5.7% in annual terms.
Meanwhile, the manufacturing industry in April grew by 14.2% on an annualized basis after increasing by 5.4% in March.
“The high growth rates over the same period of last year are partly due to the fact that a number of enterprises limited production in April 2020 as a result of the imposed restrictive measures aimed at combating the coronavirus infection,” Rosstat said.
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According to the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, there’s been a recovery in many sectors of the manufacturing industry since the beginning of the year.
“The auto industry is demonstrating very good growth rates of 13.7% in the first quarter and 41% in April,” he said.
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