The release of goods and services (by main types of economic activity) in the Russian Federation in March 2017, as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, decreased by 2.8%, in January-March - by 2.3%. This is stated in the materials of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
The index of output of goods and services by basic types of economic activity is calculated on the basis of data on changes in the physical volume of production of agricultural products, mining, processing industries, production and distribution of electricity, gas and water, construction, transport, retail and wholesale trade.