(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat – Production price index for the Non-Refined Petroleum Manufacturing sector increased by 0.1 percent from July to August 2017, indicated .

The highest increase was seen in the prices of manufacture of electrical equipment, by 2.8 percent, followed by the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, which recorded an increase of 0.1 percent.

Meanwhile, production in the clothing industry decreased by 0.7 percent, computer, electronic and optical products fell by 1.5 percent, and rubber and plastic products manufacturing by 0.5 percent.

Predation price indices for extractive industries, electricity production and distribution, and water production and distribution sectors stagnated in August.

Nevertheless, during the second quarter of 2017, the index of recorded an upward trend, with a 1.7 percent increase compared to the same period of 2016.