The industrial production index for the manufacturing sector fell 9.5% in the second quarter compared with the same period last year, following a 10.1% year-on-year fall in the first quarter, the Census & Statistics Department says.

The corresponding producer price index dropped 2.9%, following a 1.4% year-on-year decrease in the first quarter.

Compared to a year earlier, the apparel industry saw the largest fall in output (-30.3%), followed by textiles (-23.6%), metal, computer, electronic and optical products, machinery and equipment (-12.9%), and paper products, printing and reproduction of recorded media (-10.1%).

The metal, computer, electronic and optical products, machinery and equipment industry saw the largest drop in producer price (-7.8%), followed by apparel (-1.4%), and paper products, printing and reproduction of recorded media (-1.3%).

An increase in producer price was seen in the food, beverages and tobacco industry (+2.7%).