According to the State Statistical Office data, the index of the number of employees in industry in December 2017, in comparison with December 2016, was 105.2.
The number of employees in industry in the section Mining and quarrying in December 2017, in comparison with December 2016,
decreased by 1.5%, in the section Manufacturing it increased by 6.0% and in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
supply it decreased by 0.7%.
The number of employees in industry by Main Industrial Groupings in December 2017, in comparison with December 2016, was higher in Intermediate goods, except energy by 13.1%, Capital goods by 18.4% and Durable consumer goods by 1.2%, but lower in Energy by 1.0% and Non-durable consumer goods by 1.2%.
The index of the number of employees in industry in the period January - December 2017, in comparison with January - December
2016, was 102.3.
