OREANDA-NEWS. September 25, 2008. The growth of industrial production volume resulted mostly from improvement in indices of food and beverages industry companies (7,5% increase), as well as by the progress in the energy sector (6,7% increase), which constituted 36,7% and 11%, respectively, of the total production volume, it was informed by the National Statistics Office.

An essential increase during this period of time was registered in the production of wine – 1,5 times and distilled alcoholic drinks – by 1,4 times. The production of bread and confectionery articles increased by 11%, milk production - by 7,5%, meat and meat products - by 9%, electric power - by 3,6%, furniture – by 22%, cocoa, chocolate and confectionery articles made of sugar - by 16,5%, medical, precise and optical equipment and apparatus – by 17,7%, wood and wooden articles – by 23%, machine tools - by 22,8%, articles made of cement, lime, gypsum - by 19,6%, drugs and pharmaceutical production - by 17,2%.

Industrial production also increased in the tanning and preparation of leather industries (by 1,7%) , cutting, working and finishing of stone industries – by 15,4%, production of varnishes and paints – by 15%, household devices - by 8,4%, foot-wear - by 2,5%. Production of the metallurgical industry increased by 29,9%, mining industry – by 7,9%.

At the same time, in January - August 2008, there was reduction in indices of the clothing production (to 11,1%), fruit and vegetables canned foods (by 17,2%), beer (by 17,9%), fats and oils (by 10,2%), paper and cardboard (by 19,9%), glass and articles made of it (by 12,3%), tobacco and tobacco articles (by 16,6%), articles made of the concrete, gypsum and cement (to 13,2%).