Aug MTD & YTD Industrial Growth Figures

 

Industry	Percentage growth
	Aug'2007	Apr-Aug
		2007-2008
Food Products	1.4	16.4
Beverages, Tobacco and Related Products	8.1	8.3
Cotton Textiles	3.7	6.4
Wool, Silk and man-made fibre textiles	4.8	4.0
Jute and other vegetable fibre Textiles (except cotton)	9.5	22.3
Textile Products (including Wearing Apparel)	-2.1	3.8
Wood and Wood Products; Furniture and Fixtures	62.2	80.1
Paper & Paper Products and Printing, Publishing & Allied Industries	4.2	0.8
Leather and Leather & Fur Products	7.0	7.8
Basic Chemicals & Chemical Products (except products of Petroleum & Coal)	9.2	7.9
Rubber, Plastic, Petroleum and Coal Products	19.0	12.6
Non-Metallic Mineral Products	11.9	8.3
Basic Metal and Alloy Industries	19.1	19.4
Metal Products and Parts, except Machinery and Equipment	-2.6	-1.7
Machinery and Equipment other than Transport equipment	10.0	13.4
Transport Equipment and Parts	10.6	2.3
Other Manufacturing Industries	21.8	9.3
Mining & Quarrying	17.1	5.4
Manufacturing	10.4	10.3
Electricity	9.2	8.3
General Index	10.7	9.8