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 Saturday, October 2 2021 20:35
Alina Hovhannisyan

Industrial production in the EAEU for 8 months of 2021 increased by  4.5%

Industrial production in the EAEU for 8 months of 2021 increased by  4.5%

ArmInfo.In January - August 2021, industrial production in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) amounted to $ 853.9 billion, up 4.5% compared to the same period in  2020.  This was reported by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC),  referring to the data of the express review of the EEC Department of  Statistics.

In particular, an increase in industrial production in January-August  2021 was observed in Belarus - by 8.6%, Russia - by 4.5%, Kazakhstan  - by 2.4% and Armenia - by 1%, a decrease - in Kyrgyzstan - by 7.3%.   The largest growth was noted in water supply, sewerage system,  control over the collection and distribution of waste - by 18.9%.  Production in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning increased  by 7.6%, in manufacturing- by 5.4%, in the mining industry and  quarrying in the EAEU - by 1.7%.

Note that according to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of  Armenia, the volume of industrial production in the country in  January-July 2021 to the same period of 2020 accelerated the rate of  annual growth from 1.3% to 2.1%, exceeding 1.2 trillion AMD ($ 2.3  billion)