Factory output for Jan-Oct up 2.4pc

KUALA LUMPUR: The Industrial Production Index (IPI) between January and October this year rose by 2.4 per cent to 115.4 from 112.7 in the same period last year, the Statistics Department said today.

The expansion was contributed by increases in the manufacturing, electricity and mining indices.

The manufacturing index rose 2.8 per cent to 126.3 between January and October from 122.8 in the same period last year, the department said in a statement.

The electricity Index was up 5.3 per cent to 136.9 in the January-October period this year from 130 in the corresponding period last year, while the mining index rose 0.5 per cent to 88.8 between January and October from 88.4 in the 10 months of 2012.

As for October 2013, the IPI was up by 1.7 per cent vis-a-vis the same month last year due to increases in the manufacturing and electricity indices