Industrial production dropped 0.7 percent in Serbia between January and September this year, compared to the same period of 2019, the Republic Statistics Office (RZS) said on Wednesday.

Production dropped in August in several sectors, the RZS said, specifying that drops were reported in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning industries by 11.2 percent, the processing industry by three percent and mining by 1.8 percent. Capital goods production dropped by 11.3 percent, durable consumer goods by 7.9 percent, intermediary products (except energy) by 6.6. percent, perishable goods by 2.2 percent and energy by 1.4 percent, it said.

Thirteen industries that account for 52 percent of overall industrial production reported higher production while the remaining 16 industries reported drops. The biggest growth was reported in the production of electricity, metal products, clothing, base metals and chemicals, the RZS said.