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LatinNews Daily - 14 March 2022
In brief: Mining boosts Mexico’s industrial production
*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures for its monthly index of industrial activity (Imai), which show that industrial production rose 4.3% in January 2022 as compared to January 2021. This performance was particularly boosted by increased production in mining (10.1%), with the manufacturing industries increasing 4% and the utilities sector (electricity generation and transmission, provision of water and gas) up 1.1% on January 2021. In month-on-month terms, Imai rose 1% in January 2022. Mining was up 7% on December 2021, with manufacturing industries increasing 0.3% and the utilities sector contracting by 0.2%.
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