Rabat, March 14 -- Moroccan industrial manufacturing production, with the exception of oil refining, increased by 3.6 percent in 2018, according to the latest production index by the Moroccan High Commission for Planning Commission (HCP).

Compared to 2017 in the same period, industrial manufacturing output was booming in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The manufacturing industries that saw an increase in production include the food industry, up 4.9 percent; the chemical industry, up by 3.4 percent; clothes and fur manufacturing, up by 7.8 percent; automotive industry products, up by 10.8 percent; and other transportation equipment, up by 8.9 percent.

The print industry also rose by 12.3 percent and textile manufacturing by 2.3 percent; min...