SARAJEVO, August 2 (FENA) - Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in the Federation of BiH was 1.5 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.
The FBiH Bureau of Statistics published the first estimate of GDP for the first quarter of this year, according to which significant real growth in gross value added was recorded in activities - agriculture, forestry and fishing 11.1 percent, information and communications 6.7 percent and financial and insurance activities 5 percent.
A significant real decline in gross value added was recorded in the activities - mining and quarrying; manufacturing; production and supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning; water supply; wastewater disposal, waste management and remediation activities 1.6 percent, of which the manufacturing industry 5.1 percent.
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