Russia raised industrial output 3% year-on-year in November after achieving growth of 5.4% in October and 4.1% in September, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said on Friday according to Interfax.
Output grew 4.1% year-on-year in January-November 2006 compared to growth of 3.9% in the same period of last year. Industrial output grew 6.1% year-on-year in November 2005.
Analysts polled by Interfax forecast said that industrial output would grow 5.2% in November 2006.
The sharp drop in industrial output in November from the previous month can be attributed to calendar factors. There was one working day more in October 2006 than in October 2005, but the number of working days was the same in both November 2006 and November 2005. Moreover, there was a higher base in November 2005 than in October 2005. Growth was 6.1% in November 2005 and 3.8% in October 2005.