Industrial production in Ukraine in 2018 increased by 1.1 percent compared with 2017, while in December 2018 from December 2017 the decline was 3.5 percent, the State Statistics Service has reported.
The service said that with the adjustment to the effect of calendar days, industrial production in December 2018 from December 2017 decreased by 2.7 percent.
It indicated that industrial production in December last year in relation to the previous month decreased by 1.7 percent and taking into account the seasonal factor by 0.2 percent.
The decline in processing industry in December 2018 compared to December 2017 was 8.6 percent, while in mining industry and quarrying there was an increase of 1.8 percent, and the rise in the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning was 11.1 percent.
According to the report, in general, last year, processing industry posted a rise of 0.2 percent, mining industry and quarrying some 2.1 percent, the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning some 2.8 percent.
