OREANDA-NEWS. June 30, 2010. Belarus’ industrial output went up 7.7% on the year in January-May to 59.311 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br), an official with the National Statistics Committee told.

Engineering and metalworking companies’ output increased 5% on the year in the period to 11.205 trillion rubles. The output of fuel companies shrank 28.6% on the year in January-May to 10.046 trillion rubles.

Chemical and petrochemical companies’ production increased 23.1% to 6.509 trillion rubles, and ferrous metallurgy companies’ output increased 7.3% to 2.234 trillion rubles. Electrical power companies’ output increased 12.5% on the year to 4.561 trillion rubles.

Construction materials companies’ output increased 8.2% on the year to 2.202 trillion rubles, and woodworking and pulp-and-paper companies’ production amounted to 1.607 trillion rubles, up 11.5% on the year in January-May.

Belarus’ light industry output was up 11.4% to 1.956 trillion rubles, and food industry’s output went up 9.3% to 9.169 trillion rubles.

Return on sales amounted to 10.2% in January-April 2010, up from 8.5% in January-April 2009.

There were 371 loss-making manufacturers in the period, 18.4% of the total number, with net losses estimated at 377.529 billion rubles, down 22.1%.

Net profit of Belarus’ industrial companies rose 100% on the year to 2.21 trillion rubles in effective prices in January-April 2010 with producer price index (PPI) rising 8.9% in the period.