South African manufacturing output up 2.5% y/y in May

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s manufacturing output rose 2.5% year on year in May after rising by a revised 3.6% in April, statistics agency data showed on Tuesday.

Factory production was down 1.3% month on month in May, after rising by a revised 0.7% in April.

(Reporting by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Alexander Winning)

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