• Production growth of
the Large and Medium Manufacturing Industry of Sumatera Utara Province in
the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased by 9.74 percent when compared to the same
period in 2018 (y-on-y). This decrease was mainly due to the decline in
production growth of the tobacco processing industry by 34.13 percent, the
pharmaceutical industry, chemical drug products and traditional medicine by
31.78 percent, the food industry by 17.14 percent, and the rubber industry,
rubber and plastic goods by 15 , 15 percent.
• The growth of large
and medium manufacturing industry (q-to-q) of Sumatera Utara Province in
the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased by 8.53 percent when compared to the
production of large and medium manufacturing industries in the third quarter of
2019. Types of industries that experienced a decline were industries rubber,
rubber and plastic goods by 14.48 percent, the food industry by 10.88 percent,
the beverage industry by 10.57 percent and the base metal industry by 6.19
percent.
• Growth in the
production of micro and small manufacturing industries in Sumatera
Utara Province in the fourth quarter of 2019 increased by 9.37 percent
when compared to the same period in 2018 (y-on-y). Types of industries that
experienced an increase include the rubber industry, rubber and plastic goods
by 59.47 percent, repair and installation services of machinery and equipment
by 53.40 percent and the metal goods industry, not machines and equipment by
43.02 percent.
• Growth in the
production of micro and small manufacturing industries in Sumatera
Utara Province in quarter IV-2019 increased by 6.55 percent compared to
quarter III-2019 (q-to-q). Types of industries that experienced an increase
include the rubber industry, rubber and plastic goods by 25.48 percent, the
leather industry, leather and footwear by 21.85 percent and the pharmaceutical
industry, chemical drug products and traditional medicines by 18.62 percent.
