In eight months, the manufacturing and processing sectors achieved a growth rate of 8.1%, and the power generation and distribution sector rose 11.2%, according to a GSO report.

Several industries attaining high IIPs included electronics, computers and optics production (up 34.5%), automobile manufacturing (up 20.2), and leather making (up 20.2%).

The GSO report shows the consumption of manufactured and processed products recovered in July, rising 2.7% over the previous month and 9.2% compared to the same period last year.

In the seven-month period, electronics, computers and fibre optical products obtained the highest sales growth of 33.9%, closely followed by leather products (22.2%), and automobiles (15.9%).