Greek industrial output rises 3.1% y/y in August

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 10/10/24 05:06 AM EDT

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Greek industrial output rose by 3.1% year-on-year in August, after a downwardly revised 9.9% increase in July, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

A breakdown of index components showed manufacturing production rose 3.1% from the same month in 2023. Electricity output was up by 3.9% year-on-year, and mining production was down by 5.5%.

Compared to the same month a year earlier, in August the greatest percentage increase was recorded in the tobacco products division, while the highest percentage decrease was recorded in the mining of coal and lignite, ELSTAT said.

(Reporting by Athina Karolidou and Antonis Pothitos in Gdansk)

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