Qatar’s IPI up by 1.8% in August – The Peninsula Qatar

Qatar’s IPI up by 1.8% in August – The Peninsula Qatar

Doha: Qatar’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) for August 2021 stood at 102.1 points, showing an increase of 1.8 percent compared to the previous month (July 2021). When compared on year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis, the IPI index has decreased by 2.0 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2020, data released by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) show.

The index of the “Mining” sector showed an increase of 1.7 percent compared to the previous month (July 2021), as a result of the increase in the quantities of “Crude oil petroleum and natural gas” by 1.7 percent, while “Other mining and quarrying” showed an increase of 8.9 percent. When compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (August 2020), the IPI of Mining decreased by 2.1 percent.