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2022 amounted to 1.7%;
· - production of other finished products decreased by 6.2%,
for 2022 - by 2.5%;
· - production of electrical equipment decreased by 5.8%, for
the year - by 3.7%;
· - the production of chemicals and chemical products
decreased by 5.4%, in 2022 - by 3.8%;
· - oil and gas production in December decreased in annual
terms by 2.1%, for the year the growth was 0.7%;
· - the production of beverages decreased in December by
1.8%, in 2022 it increased by 3.1%.
Food production increased by 0.5% in December, by 0.4% over the year.
Food output in December 2022 increased by 0.5% compared to December 2021, but decreased by 0.8% compared to November 2022. In general, food production increased by 0.4% in 2022 compared to 2021.
The production of buckwheat groats increased, while the production of flour, bakery products and rice decreased.
In December, 478.8 thousand tonnes of milk were produced, which is 1.6% less than in December 2021, but 2.8% more than in November 2022. Milk output in 2022 increased by 2.4% compared to 2021, amounting to 5.7mn tonnes.
Butter was produced 26.0 thousand tonnes, which is more than in December 2021 and November 2022, by 10.1% and 9.8%, respectively. In 2022, butter production increased by 11.2%, amounting to 314.2 thousand tonnes.
60.6 thousand tonnes of cheese were produced, which is 2.2% and 2.7% more than in December 2021 and November 2022, respectively. In 2022, cheese production increased by 3.3% to 669.0 thousand tonnes.
The production of meat and some types of meat products has increased.
Meat of cattle, pork, lamb, goat meat, horse meat and other animals in December 2022 produced 304.9 thousand tonnes, which is more than in December 2021 and November 2022, by 2.6% and 2. 3% respectively. For 2022 as a whole, production increased by 6.6% compared to 2021, amounting to 3.4mn tonnes.
424.5 tonnes of fresh or chilled fish fillets were released in December, which is 3.7% less than in December 2021, but 11.4% more than in November 2022. The growth in fish fillet production in 2022 compared to 2021 was 19.7%.
217.5 thousand tonnes of frozen fish were produced. This is 7.3% and 11.8% less than in December 2021 and November 2022, respectively. In 2022, 2.8mn
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