MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's industrial output grew 6.9%, year-on-year, in January-April, the country's top statistics body said on Tuesday.
The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said output grew 0.6% in the mining sector, 10.2% in manufacturing industries and 4.5% in electricity, gas and water production and distribution in January-April 2008 compared to the same period last year.
Coal production grew 6.6% to 111 million metric tons, oil output dropped 0.3% to 161 million metric tons (1.2 billion barrels) and gas output climbed 1.4% to 234 billion cubic meters in January-April 2008 compared to the same period last year, Rosstat said.
