Industrial Production year-on-year change rate was, in December, 1.6%, up by 1.1 percentage points from the previous month. Manufacturing Industry year-on-year change rate was 3.8% (0.2% in November). In the 4th quarter 2015, the year-on-year change rate of the total index was 2.1% (2.5% in the previous quarter). The average change rate in 2015 was 1.8% (1.6% in the previous year).