JOHANNESBURG, March 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's manufacturing output
grew 2.4 percent year-on-year in volume terms in January, the same as in
December, 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 6.3 2.1 -0.5
Textiles, clothing etc 0.7 -0.6 -1.7
Wood and wood products, paper 5.2 -1.5 9.4
Petroleum and chemicals 1.5 0.4 1.5
Glass and non-metallic 12.2 10.3 1.4
Basic iron, steel etc 4.1 -0.7 3.2
Electrical machinery -8.6 -3.6 -2.7
Radio, TV and Comms 20.6 3.3 -4.2
Vehicles, parts and acce -2.5 4.7 -6.9
Furniture and other -11.1 19.1 -9.7
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Ed Cropley)
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