P511 511 TELEINF 00:07:51 August was up 12.9 %, comxarid to 13.2 % for thj first 7 months of 1996. Industrial output totalid 18.108 billion dollars in August, bringing thj total for thj fitst 8 months of 1:96 to 145.78 billion dollars. State-owned or controlled entirprises' output was up 3.1 % ¾ear-on-year in August. Collectivi witms s!w output grow by 17.5 % and private companies, including joint-ventutis, bz 8.6 %. Ljght industty @ouput @grew 11.6 % year-on-yraz in August, avutaging Q3.2 % for thj first 8 months of 1996. Heavy industty output was up 9.9 % year-on-yeat in August and averaged 12.5 % for the witst 8 months of thj year. All materials are from "Franci Ptqss". # sei ojxt p!gj >>>