ISLAMABAD - Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has witnessed a marginal growth of 0.66 percent during the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year as compared to the same period of last financial year, Federal Bureau of Statistics reported on Saturday. The growth is based on the latest production data of 100 items received from the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC), the Ministry of Industries and Production and Provincial Bureau of Statistics. The FBS growth is based on the production figures of 100 items provided by the OCAC, Industries Ministry and Provincial Bureau of Statistics. The OCAC has reported a negative growth of 7.10 percent in July-November 2009-10. While in November 2009, 16.93 percent growth has been recorded by OCAC over the same period of last year. The Ministry of Industries and Production has reported a growth of 1.28 percent during July-November 2009-10 as compared to the same period of last year while Provincial Bureau of Statistics reported a growth of 0.93 percent for the same period. In November 2009, the Ministry of Industries and Provincial BOS recorded negative growth of 0.69 percent and 0.19 percent respectively as compared to the same month of last year. Analysts said that prevailing law and order situation and high energy cost have been the major reasons for low growth of LSM and the Government does not have any aggressive strategy to turn the sector around. As with the increase in energy tariff (gas and electricity), cost of production of the industry would further increase and Government might not able to achieve the growth target of LSM for the current fiscal, analysts added. The data provided by the OCAC of 11 petroleum products showed a negative growth in seven items during the first five months of the current fiscal year over the same period of the last year. Kerosene oil registered a negative growth of 25.76 percent, high speed diesel, 4.57 percent, diesel oil, 16.95 percent, furnace oil, 15.14 percent, jute batching oil, 6.55 percent, solvent naphtha, 20.24 percent, and LPG, 9.07 percent, in July-November period. Following items in OCAC showed growth: jet fuel, oil 2.10; motor spirits, 1.78 percent; lubricating oil, 1.05 percent; and petroleum products, 16.34 percent; in the said period. The Ministry of Industries and Production has reported negative growth in the production of sugar by 5.33 percent, cigarettes, 9.55 percent, cotton yarn, 2.37 percent, cotton cloth, 0.73 percent, Hessian, 3.87 percent, sacking, 20.76 percent, caustic soda, 18.16 percent, glass plates and sheets, 7.12 percent, coke, 15 percent, and pig iron, 35.38 percent. Similarly production of billets/ingots and HRC sheets/coil/plates witnessed a negative growth of 10.87 percent and 13.44 percent respectively for the same period. The growth of 7.80 percent was reported by the Ministry of Industries and Production in paper and board during the period under review, 13.82 percent in soda ash, 3.13 percent in nitrogen fertilizer, 0.28 percent in phosphate fertilizer, and 14.40 percent in cement. In auto sector, the production of trucks and light commercial vehicles (LCV) was declined by 5.91 percent and 36.22 percent respectively during July-November 2009-10 as compared to the same period of last year. However tractors, buses, jeeps and cars, and motorcycles were the only sectors in automotive whose production witnessed a growth of 30.17 percent, 7.09 percent, 12.54 percent and 47.52 percent respectively during the period under review. The provincial Bureau of Statistics supplied production data of 54 items with negative growth in 25 items during July-November 2009-10.