JOHANNESBURG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's manufacturing output slowed to 2.4
percent year-on-year in volume terms in December compared with an upwardly revised 2.8 percent
in November, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
Following is a table of percentage changes of major contributors to manufacturing growth.
y/y m/m 3-mths/3-mths
Food and Beverages 0.4 -1.7 0.7
Textiles, clothing etc -1.4 -2.2 -2.4
Wood and wood products, paper 10.0 1.5 8.3
Petroleum and chemicals 5.3 1.5 0.1
Glass and non-metallic -4.8 -11.6 0.6
Basic iron, steel etc 7.9 1.3 8.0
Electrical machinery -5.2 -5.7 4.0
Radio, TV and Comms 10.0 1.3 -2.3
Vehicles, parts and acce -6.2 -1.4 -9.0
Furniture and other -14.1 -18.8 -9.0
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa)
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