This represented an increase of 1.8 per cent compared with July 2024, the statistical service added. For the period January to July 2025, the index recorded a growth of 3.0 per cent compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the manufacturing sector saw a robust growth rate of 3.7 per cent when compared to July 2024. Conversely, the most significant declines in manufacturing were observed in the production of paper and paper products and printing, which fell by 11.9 per cent. For example, a monthly production index of 103.4 indicates that production for that month increased by 3.4 per cent compared with the monthly average production of 2021.