INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN FBIH ENTITY 5,1 PER CENT HIGHER IN MAY COMPARED TO APRIL

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (June 18,2008) - Industrial production in the FBIH entity was 5.1 percent higher in May 2008 compared to the production in May 2007, while it was 4 percent higher compared to April 2008. In relation to the average monthly industrial production in 2005 (base year), industrial production was 25.3 percent higher in May 2008.

The head of the FBIH Entity Institute for Statistics, Dervis Djurdjevic, said during a press conference in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo that total industrial production in the first five months of this year was 4.5 percent higher compared to 2007.

In mining it went up 2.2 percent, in electric energy, gas and water supply 6.8 percent and 4.2 percent in the processing industry. In the first five months of 2008 energy production was 6.9 percent higher compared to 2007.
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