October 19 The industrial production index for all the enterprises operating in Sverdlovsk Region in January-September 2012 exceeded the figures for January-September 2011 by 8.7%, the regional Economics Ministry reports.

Compared with a year earlier, the actual industrial production volumes rose most in the machine-building and equipment manufacturing industry (+44.8%), in the chemicals industry (+42.3%), in the rubber and plastic goods industry (+22.6%), in the electronic and optical equipment industry (+18.7%), in the food manufacturing industry (including drinks and tobacco) (+15.1%), and in the non-metallic mineral commodities sector (+6.9%).

The industrial production index for the metallurgical sector and for the metal goods sector went up by 1.1% in January-September 2012 on a year earlier.

The volume of goods, work, and services produced, done, or rendered by the local companies in January-September 2012 amounted to 1,020.2bn RUR.