The average industrial output growth rate in the CIS comprised 9.8% in the first half of 2000.

The average industrial output growth rate in the CIS comprised 9.8% in the first half of 2000 as compared to the same period last year, the Commonwealth's Interstate Statistics Committee has reported. Production growth was registered in all CIS countries, except for Turkmenistan, where no official information was available, the report said. Industrial output in Kazakhstan rose by 16.3% in the first six months, in Ukraine by 10.8%, in Russia by 10.3%, in Tajikistan by 9.0%, in Georgia by 9.1%, in Uzbekistan by 6.2%, Belarus by 5.6%,Azerbaijan by 4.7%, Moldova by 3.6%, Kyrgyzstan by 3.3% and Armenia by 2.9%.