new delhi growth of eight core industries recovered to 13 per cent in december 2019 after remaining in the negative zone in the previous four months helped by expansion in the production of coal fertiliser and refinery productsthe growth was however lower than 21 per cent recorded in december 2018production of crude oil natural gas and electricity contracted in the month under reviewsectors which recorded positive growth were coal refinery products and fertiliserhowever growth rate of steel and cement sectors slowed down to 19 per cent and 55 per cent respectivelyduring the aprildecember period core industries recorded growth of 02 per cent against 48 per cent in the yearago period advt the eight core sectors recorded negative growth in the four months to november 2019commenting on the data icra ltd said despite the pickup in the core sector performance we expect the iip growth to dip in december 2019 from the initial 18 per cent in november 2019 led by the wider contraction in auto output as well as the yoy decline in non oil merchandise exports after a gap of two monthsthese eight sectors comprise 4027 per cent of the weight of items included in the iip pti published on feb 1 2020 at 0517 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app core industries growth core sector growth core industries core sector data eight core sector growth homenewsindustrycore sector growth recovers to 13 per cent in december