In January–April 2005, compared with the corresponding period of last year, industrial production volumes increased by 6.7%. This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. \n \nAccording to the State Statistics Committee, the highest growth in output was achieved in the production of wood and wood products (24.0%), pulp and paper and printing industries (16.9%), food industry and processing of agricultural products (16.0%), chemical and petrochemical industry (14.3%). \n \nIn the extractive industry, compared with January–April 2004, output volumes increased by 3.7%, in the manufacturing industry by 7.1%, in the food industry by 16.0%. \n \nIn metallurgy and metal processing, over the past three months there was a reduction in monthly output volumes compared with last year, as a result of which the growth in production volumes amounted to only 0.5%. A further reduction in output was observed in the production of non-ferrous metals (the decline amounted to 40.6%). \n \nIn coke production and oil refining, output volumes in April of this year compared with the corresponding month of 2004 decreased by 11.9%, for the period since the beginning of the year – by 5.0%. \n \nIn mechanical engineering, the trend toward monthly increases in production volumes compared with last year is being maintained. Thus, according to the results of 4 months of 2005, the growth in output amounted to 11.9%. Enterprises of the chemical and petrochemical industry in January–April 2005 compared with the analogous period of 2004 increased production volumes by 14.3%. \n \nIn January–April 2005, compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, industrial production volumes increased in the industry of almost all regions, except Donetsk, Ternopil and Chernivtsi oblasts.