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medicines and materials used for medical purposes - by 30.7%. At the same time, the production of tobacco products increased by 24.2% by December 2021, and clothing by 10.4%.
Electricity generation decreased compared to December 2021 by 0.7%, steam and hot water generation - by 1.4%.
Compared to November 2022, all sectors of industrial production showed positive dynamics in December. To the greatest extent, the energy sector - by 14.5%.
Industries with the highest yoy growth in December:
· - production of tobacco products increased by 24.2%; for 2022 as a whole, the production of tobacco products decreased by 7.1%;
· - the extraction of other minerals (including stone, crushed stone, sand, etc.) increased by 11.2%, the growth for 2022 was 5.6%;
· - output of clothing in December increased by 10.4%, over the years - by 2.1%;
· - coal mining - rose by 5.8%, over the past year it decreased by 0.8%;
· - furniture production increased in December by 3.8%, in 2022 the output decreased by 2.6%;
· - production of coke and oil products increased by 1.1%, decreased by 0.4% over the year;
· - production of finished metal products, except for machinery and equipment, increased by 1.1%, last year - by 7.0%.
The decline in output was observed in the following industries:
· - the production of vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers fell by 47.4%, in general for 2022 - by 44.7%;
· - the production of medicines and materials used for medical purposes decreased by 30.7%, while it increased by 8.6% per year;
· - wood production decreased in December by 19.1%, paper and paper products - by 9.1%;
· - production of textile products fell by 14.1% in December, by 8.3% over the year;
· - production of other vehicles (including aviation equipment, shipbuilding, etc.) decreased by 12.9%, last year - by 4.2%;
· - production of other non-metallic mineral products (including building materials, etc.) decreased in December by 10.3%, for 2022 as a whole - by 0.2%;
· - repair of machinery and equipment decreased by 10.9%, in 2022 - by 4.8%;
· - mining of metal ores decreased by 8.6%, for the year - by 4.5%;
· - production of computers and peripherals, optical and electronic products - decreased by 8.2%, output growth for
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