Saudi industrial production index falls 15.5% in May 2020

09/07/2020 Argaam Special

 

Saudi Arabia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) declined 15.5% year-on-year (YoY) to 105.73 points in May 2020, with 2010 used as the base year, data from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed.

 

Industrial Production General Index

Period

Index (Points)

MoM Variation

Jan. 2019

130.43

(0.86%)

Feb.

129.29

(2.04%)

March

125.58

(5.96%)

April

126.34

(6.38%)

May

125.16

(9.00%)

June

126.61

(10.28%)

July

125.32

(9.10%)

Aug.

127.33

(7.27%)

Sept.

121.55

(11.29%)

Oct.

130.71

(2.45%)

Nov.

125.12

(8.10%)

Dec.

121.88

(6.35%)

Jan. 2020

121.72

(6.68%)

Feb.

121.89

(5.72%)

March

121.45

(3.29%)

April

135.24

+7.04%

May

105.73

(15.52%)

 

The drop in index was driven by the mining and quarrying activity that went down 12% by the end of May, as the Kingdom reduced oil production to 8.5 million barrels per day (mbpd) from 9.6 mbpd in May.

 

Similarly, the manufacturing industry activity plunged 26% over the same month due to COVID-19.
       

Industrial Production Index - May 

Economic Activity

May 2019

May 2020

Variation

Mining and quarrying

118.43

104.24

(12%)

Manufacturing

145.76

107.99

(26%)

Electricity and gas

137.57

126.45

(8%)

 

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