Skopje, 1 September 2021 (MIA) – Industrial production dropped by 0.6% in July 2021 compared to July 2020, but increased by 5.4% in the period January-July 2021 in comparison with the same period last year, State Statistical Office data shows. The industrial production in the section Mining and quarrying in July 2021, in comparison with July 2020, increased by 39.9%, in the section Manufacturing it decreased by 3.9%, while in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it decreased by 4.9%. The decrease in the section Manufacturing is mostly due to increased production in the divisions Manufacture of food products, Manufacture of beverages, Manufacture of textiles, Manufacture of wearing apparel, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, Manufacture of basic metals, Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, Manufacture of electrical equipment, Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. and Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. The industrial production by Main Industrial Groupings in July 2021, in comparison with July 2020, was lower in Energy by 20.5%, Capital goods by 14.2% and Non-durable consumer goods by 0.5%, but higher in Intermediate goods, except energy by 20.8% and Durable consumer goods by 9.6%.