IMRAN ALI KUNDI ISLAMABAD - The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector showed negative growth of 4.69 per cent in November against the same period of the last year due to the lower output in petroleum refining, cotton yarn, steel and cement sectors. According to the data released by Federal Bureau of Statistics, the Quantum Index Numbers (QIN) of LSM stood at 182.68 points in the period under review as compared to 191.68 points in the same period of the last year, thus showing a decline of over four per cent. The QIN shows industrial productivity of 100 items received from different sources, for example Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC), the Ministry of Industries and Production, and provincial bureaus of statistics. The OCAC supplied the data of 11 items, the Ministry of Industries and Production provided data of 35 items and provincial bureaus of statistics provided data of 54 items. Meanwhile, according to the data, the LSM growth declined by 2.30 per cent in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year. According to the figures, OCAC growth went down by 10.62 per cent in July-November, Ministry of Industries growth decline by 4.75 per cent while Provincial BOS increased by 2.88 per cent. In OCAC, the commodities showed negative growth including jet fuel oil (16.15 per cent), kerosene (28.97 per cent), motor spirit (13.77 per cent), high-speed diesel (9.72 per cent), diesel oil (31.05 per cent), furnace oil (13.77 per cent), jute batching oil (23.12 per cent), and LPG (25.59 per cent) and others petroleum products (17.23 per cent) in July-November period against the same months of 2009. Meanwhile in OCAC, the following products showed positive growth rate including lubricating oil (2.42 per cent) and solvent naphtha (23.68 per cent). The Ministry of Industry index registered a negative growth of 4.75 per cent comprising 35 main industries in QIN of LSM. The industries showing positive growth includes Phos Fertilisers (6.52 per cent) and jeeps and cars (16.42 per cent) LCVs (16.49 per cent) and motorcycles (13.79pc). On the other hand, the industries showing negative growth are sugar (75.19pc), cigarettes (5.21pc), cotton yarn (12.26 pc), cotton cloth (2.31pc), Hessian (9.83pc), sacking (33.01 per cent), glass plates and sheet (17.55pc) in July-Nov period over the corresponding month of the last year.