Ammon News - The General Industrial Production Quantities Index increased by 2.69 percent during 2022, reaching 92.27 points against 89.85 recorded in 2021.

The growth was mainly attributed to a 2.35 percent increase in quantities of transformative industries, a 3.94 percent in extractive industries, and a 6.36 percent in electricity, according to the Department of Statistics' (DoS) monthly report issued Monday.

The report indicated a 4.34 percent decrease in the index during December 2022, retreating to 87.19 points compared to 91.15 in December 2021.

The monthly decrease was due to transformative industries going down by 3.10 percent, extractive industries by 17.65 percent, and electricity by 2.20 percent in the same month.