Antara News, Monday, August 2, 2010 23:17 WIB | Economic & Business
Jakarta(ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s auto industry grew 26.15 percent in the secondquarter oF 2010 compared to the first quarter, according to the Central Bureauof Statistics (BPS).
The autoindustry`s growth in the second quarter of 2010 was higher than the averagegrowth of medium and big industries year-on-year in the first quarter of 2009which reached 4.27 percent, BPS head Rusman Heriawan said at a press conferencehere on Monday.
The BPShad noted medium and big industries always grew positively in the secondquarter in the past four years.
Rusmanhowever said in the second quarter this year growth of medium and bigindustries was better than in 2009 although it was still far from the sameperiod in 2007 when growth reached 6.91 percent.
The BPShad recorded growth in the second quarter of 2009 at only 0.64 percent from thesecond quarter of 2008 when industrial growth was up 3.30 percent from thesecond quarter in 2007. In the second quarter of 2007 the industry grew 6.91percent from the second quarter in 2006.
The BPSalso recorded growth of medium and big industries in the second quarter of 2010was up 2.39 percent compared with the first quarter of the year.
"Thepattern was the same namely they always grew in the second quarter," hesaid.
Apartfrom auto-industry several other industries also recorded year-on-year growthabove the average growth of medium and big industries in the second quarter of2010.
Theindustries include transportation means besides motorcycle and car industrieswhich was up 19.23 percent, leather and leather goods as well as footwearindustries that grew 11.65 percent.
Tobaccoprocessing industry rose 9.15 percent, machinery and its equipment industryrose 9.09 percent. Furniture and other processing industries grew 8.19 percent,publication, printing and recording industries grew 7.83 percent.
Radio,television and other communications industry rose 7.64 percent, food andbeverage industry was up 4.80 percent, non-metal mining industry jumped 4.66percent while chemical and chemical goods industry 4.61 percent.
Someindustries recorded a decline in the second quarter of 2010 such as medicalequipment industry, gauging devices, navigation, optic, clock and watchindustries which dropped by 17.61 percent. Wood and wood-based productindustries were down 6.44 percent.
Paperand paper product industries were down 4.70 percent, textile 4.26 percent,electrical machinery and other equipment 1.73 percent and garment 1.18 percent.
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