Industrial production growth for January-November was 13.4%, for November – 11.3% (compared to November 2003). This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Economy and European Integration. \n \nIn November, positive dynamics were most significantly driven by growth in the food industry, machine building, and metallurgy: more than 70% of overall industrial growth was ensured by output in these sectors. Their contribution to growth was, respectively, 4.3, 2.2, and 1.8 percentage points (November to November 2003). \n \nThe largest growth among the main types of industrial activity in November was in the food industry (22.5% compared to November 2003) – such significant growth in the sector had not been observed since last year. At the same time, there was a slowdown in production growth rates in machine building (14.8%) and a decline in production in the coal industry (–6.8%), which somewhat exceeded our expectations. \n \nAlthough the slowdown rates in some sectors turned out to be somewhat higher than expected at the beginning of the year, industrial development as a whole remains within forecast limits. Annual growth is expected at 13.3%, and for Q1 2005 at 8–9%. The leading sectors will remain machine building, metallurgy, and the food industry.