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The volume of industrial production has decreased by 25.3 % in Dec. 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. Manufacturing of food products (-21.3%), Textiles (-37.2%), and wearing Apparel (-12.1%) are major contributors to this downfall of industrial production.
Among the manufacturing industries; the volume of products of Tobacco products (8.4%), the Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork except for furniture; manufacture of articles of Straw and plaiting materials (2.9%) has shown increases meanwhile, the Manufacture of fabricated metal products (71.2%) has reported remarkable decrease during this period.