Egypt's transformative, extractive industries index rises 3.9% in March 2025: CAPMAS
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CAIRO - 24 May 2025: The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced a 3.9% increase in the transformative and extractive industries production index, reaching 120.47 in March 2025 compared to 115.93 in February 2025.
The index is based on updated methodology using base year 2012/2013, in line with the ISIC Rev.4 industrial classification and monthly producer price indices, adopted since January 2020.
Food products manufacturing index rose to 160.02 in March from 145.24 in February at a 10.18% increase.
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