Statistics Korea announced that S Korea's All Industry Production Index rose 0.3% MoM and increased 3.5% YoY in March.In March, S Korea's Manufacturing Production Index rose 0.3% MoM and increased 4% YoY; the Manufacturing Shipments Index rose 1% MoM and increased 3.2% YoY; the Manufacturing Inventory Index fell 4.3% MoM and declined 1.3% YoY; the Capacity Index rose 0.2% MoM and increased 0.8% YoY; the Capacity Utilization Index rose 0.5% MoM and increased 3% YoY. The average manufacturing capacity utilization rate was 74.8%, up 0.4 ppts MoM.In the same month, the Services Production Index rose 1.4% MoM and increased 5.1% YoY.S Korea's Retail Sales Index in March rose 1.8% MoM and increased 5% YoY. (da/u)
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