OREANDA-NEWS. April 18, 2013. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, as compared with February, 2012, it grew 1.5% in February, 2013. As compared with the same reporting period of 2012, in January-February, 2013, output soared 45.8% in the mining industry and grew 4.7% in the processing one.

The energy sector (generation and distribution of electricity and heat) saw the decline by 14.8% in this period. In January-February, 2013 it was produced 5.6% more foodstuffs and beverages than in the same period in 2012. Flour-grinding output increased 55.6%; wine and distilled alcohol beverages production grew 52.8% and 36.6% respectively. Production, processing and canning of meat and meat products increased 32.8%; production of cacao, chocolate and sugar confectionary grew 25.5%.

Production of processed and canned fruit and vegetables grew 6.5%, bread and pastry production increased 6.1%, dairy production increased 2.9%. In this period production of vegetable oils and fats decreased 87.9%, production of mineral water and refreshers declined 16.6%, production of canned fish and fish products dropped 15.7%. Production of non-metal mineral products (glass, items of concrete, gypsum and cement, etc), ballooned 91.3%, chemical output soared 70.6%, production in the metallurgic industry increased 57.8% in January-February, 2013. In 2012 production of electrical machines and equipment increased 28.3%, production of tele and communications devices grew 16.5%; it was produced 9.5% more machines, 8.8% more furniture and 7.1% more robber and plastic items. Production of poligraphy and printed materials increased 3.5%.

At the same time, in the reporting period it was produced 64% less medical devices and precious optical instruments and 34.1% less leather items and footwear. Amounts of woodworking decreased 22%, hot water and steam generation declined 15.6%. Tobacco and cloths outputs shrank 14.7% and 14.5% respectively. Power generation and distribution dropped 14.1%. A decline made up 8.9% in the metallurgic industry, 7.9% in the textile industry and 2.1% in the paper and cardboard industry.