Industrial values and exports decrease sharply in Jan

11:02, 06/02/2012

(ĐN)- There was a sharp decline in industrial values and exports in January due to long Tet holiday, reported Department of Industry and Trade.

Do nghỉ Tết Nguyên đán kéo dài nên chỉ số sản xuất công nghiệp của tỉnh tháng 1-2012 giảm mạnh.
Dong Nai's industrial values decline sharply in Jan due to long Tet holiday.

(ĐN)- There was a sharp decline in industrial values and exports in January due to long Tet holiday, reported Department of Industry and Trade.

Dong Nai’s industrial production in Jan saw a month-on-month decrease of nearly 12 percent and a year -on-year fall of 4.5 percent. Particularly, industrial production value of the non-state sector declined 22.6%, the foreign-invested sector at 2.7%, and the State-owned sector, 8%.

In January, export commodities earned US$749 million in revenue, decreased by 14 percent over the previous month and 7 percent against the same period of last year.

The province’s major export products included footwear, textile and garment, wood and wooden products, pottery, etc.

Reported by V.L