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Index numbers (1960 = 100) INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Total company income less tax* plus investment grants All industries Manufacturing (A)† (B)‡ 1960 … … … 100.0 100.0 100 100 1961 … … … 101.2 100.1 102 102 1962 … … … 102.1 100.4 105 105 1963 … … … 105.1 104.0 119 119 1964 … … … 114.1 113.6 130 130 1965 … … … 117.5 117.0 149 149 1966 … … … 119.5 119.1 136 143 1967 … … … 121.0 119.9 144 148 1968 … … … 128.1 127.8 165 167 1969 … … … 131.5 132.7 172 167 1970 … … … 131.9 133.5 181 n.a. 1971 … … … 132.3 132.8 212 n.a. 1972 … … … 135.1 136.0 232 n.a. 1973 … … … 144.7 147.0 309 n.a. Sources: National Income and Expenditure 1973, Tables 15, 26 and 27. Monthly Digest of Statistics, Table 50. Trade and Industry, Volume 10, No. 4. * United Kingdom taxes: taxes due; overseas taxes: taxes paid. † Column A is on the basis of investment grants received. ‡ Column B is on the basis of investment grants accrued; figures are not available after 1969.