Despite improving external demand, lower domestic demand led to contractions in light industry
and capital and technology industry and a slower growth in raw material industry. Other sectors,
namely mining and quarrying, electricity, gas and water supply, construcƟon, wholesale‐retail trade
and repairing, and hotels and restaurants also decreased. Nonetheless, services sector e.g.
transport and communicaƟon, financial intermediaƟon grew at slower rates while other services
expanded.