Iran's Q3 Industrial Production Down

The three main sectors of Iran’s economy, namely agriculture, mining and industries, delivered a poor performance in terms of production during the third quarter of the last fiscal year (Sept. 23-Dec. 21, 2018), latest data published by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare’s Center of Statistics show. 
The Industrial Production Index of Iran's agricultural sector stood at 132.1 in Q3, indicating a decrease of 2.6% compared with the same quarter of the previous year and a decline of 2.4% compared with the preceding quarter (June 22-Sept. 22, 2018).
In the mining sector, excluding oil and natural gas, the production index was at 97.4, down by 1% compared with the same quarter of the preceding year and 1.8% over the previous quarter.