South Africa's April manufacturing output falls 6.3% y/y
JOHANNESBURG, June 10 (Reuters) - South Africa's manufacturing output fell 6.3% year on year in April, after falling by a revised 1.2% in March, statistics agency data showed on Tuesday.
Factory production rose 1.9% month on month in April after falling by a revised 2.5% in March.
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