In Moldova, the volume of industrial production in January-November 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, decreased by 4%.
This was reported by the National Bureau of Statistics, without providing data in value terms. According to the agency, at the same time, in November 2022, the volume of industrial production decreased by 6.5% compared to the same month of the previous year. In general, for 11 months in 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, production volumes in the mining industry decreased by 3.8%, and in the processing industry - by 3.2%. According to the NBS, food industry enterprises in January-November 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, increased their production volumes by 16.7% in general. The production of beverages increased by 15.6%, textile production - decreased by 2.7%, clothing - increased by 4.5%. Tanning and leather finishing section; production of suitcases, bags, harness and saddlery; dressing and dyeing of fur increased by 12.7%, and in the section of wood processing and production of wood and cork products, except for furniture; production of products from straw and other plant materials for weaving - an increase of 24.6%. Production of paper and paper products increased by 6.4%, and chemicals and chemical products - by 1.3%. The output of pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations increased by 21.6%, and rubber and plastic products - by 8.3%. In the metallurgical industry, production decreased by 21.9%. The output of metal structures and products, except for machines, equipment and installations, decreased by 16.7%, and in the section "production of computers, electronic and optical products" the indicator increased by 12.1%. The production of electrical equipment decreased by 59.6%, machinery and equipment - by 14%, and cars, trailers and semi-trailers - by 35%, furniture - by 35.6%. In the repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment section, the decline was 24.9%. Production and supply of electrical and thermal energy, gas, hot water decreased by 8.6%. As previously reported, since 2018 the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova no longer provides data on the dynamics of the production of tobacco products, petroleum products, since this information is considered confidential. // 20.01.2023 — InfoMarket
