South Africa’s January manufacturing output falls 0.7% y/y

JOHANNESBURG, March 12 (Reuters) – South Africa’s manufacturing output fell 0.7% year-on-year in January, after falling by 1.5% year-on-year in December, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.

Factory production increased 1.5% month-on-month in January, after decreasing by 1.3% month-on-month in December.

(Reporting by Anathi Madubela;Editing by Alexander Winning)