But many analysts predicted that the organization's output would decline in the coming months.
In the second quarter, output declined at a 1.2 percent rate.
The country's economic output actually declined by 27 percent in the first half of this year.
In the early 1900s the output of the mines declined and they were eventually closed.
Industrial output has declined by 40 percent this year alone, according to Western economists.
Economic output and exports had been declining for several years.
Not only that, the report said, but output had declined 2.2 percent during the period.
The state's agricultural output also declined slightly relative to the rest of the country during the same period.
In the last few years, the output has actually declined.
After this output declined, to about 3,000 - 4,000 per year for the next three years.