PALAY PRODUCTION. Central Luzon, the country's rice granary, remains the top producer of palay in the country in the first quarter of 2022. The region produced 772,855 metric tons of palay, contributing 17 percent to the country's output. (File photo courtesy of DA-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Central Luzon, the country's rice granary, remained the country's top producer of palay in the first quarter of this year. Based on the latest data of the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office-Central Luzon (PSA-RSSO III), the region produced 772,855 metric tons of palay, contributing 17 percent to the country's output. The production volume is higher compared to the 699,044 metric tons during the same period last year. The double-digit increases in the volume of palay production in the provinces of Aurora, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga contributed to the increase in the region's overall palay production by 10.6 percent. On the ot
(MENAFN) Turkeyâs statistical authority said Friday that the national industrial production index posted a 1.3-percent rise in December, as compared to Novemberâs figures, whereas the increase reached 9 percent on an annual basis.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said in a statement that saw the highest annual rise among industrial sub-sectors was registered the manufacturing index which saw a jump by 9.5 percent.
Meanwhile, the electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply index rose by 4.9 percent, while the mining and quarrying index rose 6 percent during the same period.
During the last quarter of 2020, calendar-adjusted industrial production went up 10.1 percent compared with the previous year s same quarter.