PCBS Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics : The Industrial Production Index, November, 11/2019

State of Palestine

Palestinian Central Bureau

of Statistics

Published on: 05/01/2020

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

(PCBS)

Decrease in the Industrial Production

Index (IPI) in Palestine during

November, 11/2019

The overall IPI in Palestine reached 108.72 during November 2019 with a decrease of 1.90% compared to October 2019 (Base Year 2018 = 100).

IPI for November 2019 decreased due to the decrease in the activities of Mining and Quarrying by 15.16% which had a share of 2.68% of the total industry, the activities of

Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply by 7.77% which had a share of 11.95% of the total industry, and the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 0.83% which had a share of 82.98% of the total industry, while the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation increased by 5.38% which had a share of 2.39% of the total industry.

The trend line of the Industrial Production

Index in Palestine, for the months: November 2018 - November 2019 (Base Year 2018 = 100)

120
115
110	105.40
105	108.72
100
95
90
85

Note:

• The base year of Industrial Production Index has been updated to be 2018.

The table shows monthly percent changes

in IPI for the months:

January - November 2019:

Month	Monthly Percent Change (%)
January	10.36
February	+ 2.89
March	+ 6.11
April	+ 0.28
May	8.09
June	+ 1.01
July	+ 10.83
August	4.61
September	+ 8.86
October	0.82
November	1.90

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