Stocks rose by 61.9%

Stocks of produced goods in industrial enterprises of Belarus on August 1, 2012 reached 20,263 trillion BYR. They’ve increased by 61.9% since the beginning of the year.

In July, inventories rose by 0.6% after declining by 1% in the previous month. June was the only month of decline in this indicator after continuous growth in previous months of this year. Recall, in May they rose by 3.6% in April - by 6.9% in March - by 5.3% in February - by 8.9% in January - by 28%, Reports AFN with a reference to the National Statistics Committee.

The ratio of stocks of finished products and monthly output amounted to 51.3% against 50.7% on July 1.

The highest ratio of stocks of finished goods and the average monthly production is in the manufacture of leather, leather products and footwear - 276% (783, 3 billion BYR), in textile and clothing manufacture - 162,8% (1560,9 billion BYR), in production of pharmaceutical products - 149,5% (348, 4 billion BYR).

In the manufacture of machinery and equipment reserves amounted to 108.6% of the average production (4986,9 billion BYR); electrical, electronic and optical equipment - 92,6% (1057,5 billion BYR); in the manufacture of rubber and plastic products - 78 3% (974,6 billion BYR); vehicles and equipment - 76,2% (1594,7 billion BYR); in wood processing and manufacturing of wood products - 70,2% (224,2 billion BYR); in food production - 56,9% (3925 billion BYR).

Minimal reserves were at August 1 in the production of oil - 3.7% of the average production (231, 1 billion BYR) and extraction of fuel-energy fossils - 3,9% (22, 9 billion BYR).