November manufacturing down 1.3 percent

(File photo) A clothing factory in Cape Town . Picture: Masixole Feni

(File photo) A clothing factory in Cape Town . Picture: Masixole Feni

Published Jan 12, 2015

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Johannesburg - South Africa's manufacturing production slowed in November, contracting 1.3 percent year-on-year from a revised expansion of 2.3 percent in October, Statistics South Africa said on Monday.

On a month-on-month basis, factory production shrank by 2.1 percent, but rose 4.1 percent in the three months to November compared with the previous three months. - Reuters

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