(MENAFN) Government data showed that South Korea's industrial production grew in September, while the overall growth remained sluggish on a poor manufacturing production, QNA reported.
Production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries grew by 0.1 percent last month over a month earlier, marking a turnaround from a 3.9 percent declined in August.
Production in the service sector expanded 0.1 percent in September, production of chips and parts shrank 4.4 percent, while output of automobiles declined 5.8 percent and machinery equipment production rose 6.4 percent.
The sluggish figures are attributed to weak exports to China, especially memory chips, and the automotive industry, whose production was disrupted by partial walkouts last month.
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