Decrease in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine

 during February,02/2021

The overall IPI in Palestine reached 99.07 during February 2021 with a decrease of 2.43% compared to January 2021 (Base Year 2019 = 100).

IPI for February 2021 decreased due to the decrease in the activities of Mining and Quarrying by 12.32% which had a share of 2.89% of the total industry, the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation by 9.31% which had a share of 1.84% of the total industry, and the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 2.24% which had a share of 87.89% of the total industry, while the activities of Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply increased by 0.39% which had a share of 7.38% of the total industry.

Notice:

1.    The base year of Industrial Production Index has been updated to be 2019.

Please note that the press release in English is brief compared to the Arabic version.