BELGIAN FEBRUARY INDUSTRY OUTPUT DOWN ON YEAR AGO
Belgian industrial production, excluding
construction and adjusted for seasonal and calendar influences,
was provisionally 0.6 pct lower in February than a year
earlier, the National Statistics Office said.
    Output in February was, however, 5.9 pct higher than in
January.
    A spokeswoman for the office said the production index,
base 1980, rose to a provisional 108.8 in February from a
provisional 102.7 in January, slightly revised from the 102.8
originally estimated. In February last year the index stood at
109.5.
 REUTER
