Turkey’s industrial production, retail sales increase in Nov
When the subsectors of the industry were examined, mining and quarrying index increased by 0.3%, while manufacturing index gained 1.5% in November. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply index edged down by 0.1% when compared with the same month of the previous year.
On an annual basis, mining and quarrying index increased by 4.6%, manufacturing index increased by 11.6% and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply index increased by 7.5% in November 2020.
In November, retail sales volume saw a yearly increase of 11.9%. Compared with November 2019, and food, drinks and tobacco sales increased by 11.4%, non-food (except automotive fuel) sales increased by 13.8%, and automotive fuel sales were up by 7.5%.
Retail sales volume was up by 2.2% in November from a month earlier. Non-food (except automotive fuel) sales increased by 4.3% and automotive fuel sales rose by 1.7% on a monthly basis. On the other hand, food, drinks and tobacco sales were down by 1.3% in November.
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