Monthly Statistical Bulletin: July 2008
	Indicator	Unit	Period	Value this period		Value previous period		Value in this period in previous  year
4.1	Index  of production
4.1	Index  of production
	General industrial production	1984=100	Apr 2007	133.8		130.1		103.1
	Consumer goods for domestic market	1984=100	Apr 2007	76.6		65.3		41.0
	Products for building and construction	1984=100	Apr 2007	49.2		37.6		37.5
	Export goods	1984=100	Apr 2007	197.2		204.1		171.2
	Total manufacturing	1984=100	Apr 2007	108.8		102.5		73.8
	Electricity and water	1984=100	Apr 2007	286.9		299.8		282.9
4.2	Electricity
	Production	Million KWh	May 2008	139.9		123.7		123.7
	Total value of sales	Million kwacha	May 2008	618.1		583.1		583.1
	Value of domestic sales	Million kwacha	May 2008	184.3		161.4		161.4
	Value of power sales	Million kwacha	May 2008	269.3		272.0		272.0
	Value of sales under general tariff	Million kwacha	May 2008	152.2		141.4		141.4
	Value of exports to Mozambique	Million kwacha	May 2008	6.9		4.4		4.4
	Value of exports to Zambia	Million kwacha	May 2008	5.4		3.9		3.9
	Quantity of domestic sales	Million KWh	May 2008	41.8		36.0		36.0
	Quantity of power sales	Million KWh	May 2008	44.8		40.0		40.0
	Quantity of sales under general tariff	Million KWh	May 2008	19.0		14.5		14.5
4.3	Construction
	Value of all plans approved in Blantyre	Million kwacha	Jun 2007	201.1		-		250.9
	Value of all plans approved in Lilongwe	Million kwacha	May 2007	195.1		229.1		113.3
	Value of all plans approved in Mzuzu	Million kwacha	Sep 2007	64.6		56.3		8.7
	Value of private buildings completed in Blantyre	Million kwacha	Jun 2007	90.4		-		23.1
	Value of private buildings completed in Lilongwe	Million kwacha	May 2007	6.7		-	-	-
	Value of private buildings completed in Mzuzu	Million kwacha	Aug 2007	2.0		0.0		0.0
	Cement production	Thousand tonnes	Jan 2008	15.9		21.4		9.8
	Cement sales	Thousand tonnes	Jan 2008	17.4		16.9		11.3
	Value of Cement Sales	Million kwacha	Jan 2008	424.2		452.2		256.4
Key: p=provisional, r=revised since last bulletin, ..=not available   * = less than half the unit used. Periods refer to Months or Quarters.
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Reference publications giving time series data on many of the above series include the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and
the Statistical Yearbook.