Industrial turnover in transportable goods industries decreased by 8.7 per cent in April when compared with the same month in 2001 according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office today.
On a three-month basis, which gives a more stable indication of recent underlying trends, the unadjusted figures for February to April 2002, when compared with the same period last year, show a decrease of 1 per cent in transportable goods industries.
The CSO said increases of 14.9 per cent and 3.8 per cent were recorded for intermediate products and consumer goods respectively. A decrease of 22.3 per cent was recorded for capital goods.
The sharpest increase was in 'basic chemicals', where turnover rose by 32.7 per cent in the period.