Hong Kong Industrial Production Rises In Q3

(RTTNews) - Hong Kong's manufacturing output accelerated in the third quarter, the provisional data from the Census and Statistics Department showed Monday.

Manufacturing output grew 7.8 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, following a 5.6 percent increase a quarter ago.

The producer prices declined 0.9 percent annually in the third quarter, after a 0.9 percent in the previous quarter.

On a quarterly basis, manufacturing output fell 0.3 percent in the third quarter.

At the same time, producer prices rose 4.4 percent after a 4.7 percent rise a quarter ago.

Data showed that production for sewerage, waste management and remediation activities grew 1.2 percent annually in the third quarter, after a 1.6 percent increase in the previous quarter.