INSTANT VIEW 1-Slovak Jan ind output beats mkt fcast

    BRATISLAVA, March 7 (Reuters) - Slovak industrial output 
rose by a real 17.5 percent year-on-year in January, 
accelerating from a revised 9.0 percent increase in December, 
Slovak Statistics Office said on Wednesday. 
  
KEY POINTS: 
 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT      JAN 07     JAN 07 FCAST 
 pct change yr/yr       +17.5          +10.5 
  
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- Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected industrial 
output to have risen by 10.5 percent on an annual basis in 
January  . 
- Manufacturing production, which has the strongest weighting in 
the index, rises 24.6 percent on the year in January, up from a 
12.6 percent increase in the previous month. 
- Mining remains in negative territory, falling by 3.1 percent, 
after a 9.7 percent decline in December. 
- Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water 
falls by 15.2 percent, compared with a 7.2 percent decline in 
December. 
- Within manufacturing output, car production surges by 126.1 
percent from a year ago, after a 74.3 percent jump in 
December. 
- The automotive industry is the main pillar of Slovakia's 
economy. 
     
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 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
  ((Editing by Alan Crosby; bratislava.newsroom@reuters.com; 
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  Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/OUTPUT