Doha: Qatar’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) for June 2021 stood at 99.1 points, showing a decrease of 6.3 percent compared to the previous month (May 2021). When compared on year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis, the IPI index has decreased by 5.3 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2020, data released by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) show.
The index of the “Mining” sector showed a decrease by 7.1 percent compared to the previous month (May 2021), as a result of the decrease in the quantities of “Crude oil petroleum and Natural gas” by 7.1 percent, while “Other mining and quarrying” showed a decrease by 2.7 percent. When compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (June 2020), the IPI of Mining decreased by 5.3 percent.
The index of the “Manufacturing” sector showed a decrease of 2.9 percent compared to the previous month (May 2021), which refer to decrease in the following groups: “Manufacture of refined petroleum products” by 17.3 percent, followed by “Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products” by 0.6 percent, “Manufacture of basic metals” by 0.3 percent, and “Manufacture of rubber and plastics products” by 0.1 percent. However, an increase was recorded in “Manufacture of beverages” by 11.8 percent, “Manufacture of food products” by 6.5 percent, “Printing and reproduction of recorded media’’ by 5.2 percent, and “Manufacture of Cement and other non-metallic mineral products” by 1.4 percent.
On the other hand, in terms of annual change, comparing to June 2020, a decrease of 4.8 percent was recorded, affected by the following groups: “Manufacture of refined petroleum products” by 11.6 percent, followed by “Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products” by 9.6 percent, “Manufacture of beverages” by 5.8 percent, and “Manufacture of food products” by 1.9 percent. However, an increase was recorded in the “Manufacture of basic metals” by 24.4 percent, “Manufacture of Cement & other non-metallic mineral products” by 23.0 percent, and “Manufacture of rubber and plastics products” by 12.5 percent. There was no production in June 2020 for “Printing and reproduction of recorded media”, due to the procedure which had been taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The index of the “Electricity” sector showed an increase of 1.8 percent in the production of “Electricity” between June 2021 and the previous month (May 2021), while the annaul decrease (comparing with June 2020), was 6.2 percent.
The index of the “Water” sector showed an increase of 4.2 percent in the production of ‘‘Water’’ between June 2021 and the previous month (May 2021). Comparing with corresponding month (June 2020), a decrease of 20.1 percent was recorded.
