{"id":87753,"date":"2024-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/07\/11\/industrial-production-volumes-extend-decline-in-may\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:00:00","slug":"industrial-production-volumes-extend-decline-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/07\/11\/industrial-production-volumes-extend-decline-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial production volumes extend decline in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The Industrial Production Index (IPI) was down 2.9% y-o-y in May 2024 <\/strong>on the back of a decline in mining and quarrying activity \u2014 the index\u2019s heaviest-weighted competent, according to a General Authority for Statistics (Gastat) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/7\/850.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">report (pdf)<\/a>. The index analyzes survey data to show volume changes in industrial production across the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Activity in the mining and quarrying sectors \u2014 which accounted for 61.4% of the overall<\/strong> <strong>IPI \u2014 fell 9.7% y-o-y, <\/strong>driven by a reduction in oil output which was down to 8.9 mn barrels per day (bbl \/ d) in May 2024. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oil vs non-oil:<\/strong> The oil activities index fell 8.4% y-o-y due to the oil production drop, while the index for non-oil activities rose 12.8%, supported by an increase in all non-oil economic activities except for water projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>IN CONTEXT- <\/strong>The Kingdom has voluntarily cut oil production by 1 mn bbl \/ d to stabilize the global market, as per its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/23b2bb82-242d-42f7-a587-6812413add07\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing agreement with OPEC+<\/a> to slash oil production by a combined 3.7 mn barrels per day until October of this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Meanwhile, the sub-index for manufacturing climbed 8.2% y-o-y <\/strong>on the back of a 15.6% increase in food production and 10.0% growth in chemicals manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Some utilities are up, others down: <\/strong>The sub-index of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply activity grew 6.6% y-o-y, while that of the water supply, sewerage and waste management, and remediation activity dipped 0.2% y-o-y.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>On a monthly basis, the IPI rose 0.9% in May<\/strong>, with mining and quarrying activity up 0.1% m-o-m alongside activity increases in manufacturing by 0.8%, electricity and gas by 20.8%, and waste management by 2.2%. 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