Statistics Korea

1. Production Trend □ The Index of All industry production in December increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month. □ The Index of All industry production in December increased by 1.1 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Production Index in December increased by 0.6 percent from the previous month and 6.7 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Shipment Index in December increased by 3.2 percent from the previous month and 6.8 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Inventory Index in December decreased by 4.4 percent from the previous month but showed no change from the same period of the previous year. □ The Production Capacity Index in December increased by 1.6 percent from the previous month and 2.7 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Index of Capacity Utilization Rate in December decreased by 1.8 percent from the previous month and 0.1 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Average Capacity Utilization Rate in December marked 70.8 percent, which decreased by 1.3 percentage points from the previous month. □ The Index of Services in December increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month and 0.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. 2. Consumption Trend □ The Retail Sales Index in December decreased by 0.8 percent from the previous month and 2.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. 3. Investment Trend □ The Equipment Investment Index in December increased by 5.5 percent from the previous month but decreased by 5.9 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Domestic Machinery Shipment Index in December decreased by 7.8 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The value of Domestic Machinery Orders Received in December increased by 12.0 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ In December, the value of Construction Completed at constant prices decreased by 2.7 percent from the previous month and 1.2 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ In December, the value of Construction Orders Received at current prices increased by 34.9 percent from the same period of the previous year. 4. Composite Index of Business Indicators □ The Composite Coincident Index in December decreased by 0.1 percent from the previous month. · The Cyclical Component of Composite Coincident Index, which reflects current economic situations, decreased by 0.3 points from the previous month. □ The Composite Leading Index in December increased by 0.4 percent from the previous month. · The Cyclical Component of Composite Leading Index, which predicts the turning point in business cycle, increased by 0.1 points from the previous month. For further information, please refer to the attached file.