In August 2011, manufacturing output increased in volume (+0.7%). It had increased at a more sustained pace in July 2011 (+1.8%).
In overall industrial production, output increased as well (+0.5%).
In the last three months (quarter-on-quarter change), output increased in the manufacturing sector (+0.5%, q o-q) and in the industry as a whole (+1.0%).
Output increased in the electrical, electronic equipment and machine equipment (+2.2%). It was almost stable in the other sectors.
Manufacturing output rose by 4.2% (y-o-y). It strongly increased in the “other manufacturing” (+3.2%), in the electrical and electronic equipment and machine equipment (+8.2%) and in the manufacture of transport equipment (+5.3%).
Please note: all the series are adjusted for seasonal variations (SA) and the number of working days (WDA).
Monthly industrial production indexes

Legend : CZ : Manufacturing - (C1) : Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3) : Electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment - (C4) : Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5) : Other manufacturing
Sources : Insee, SSP, SOeS
| 2005 based, SA-WDA changes in % | |||||||||||||||
| (1) Last three months / three same months of previous year | |||||||||||||||
| The codes correspond to the level of aggregation A 10 (A 17) of the "NA" aggregate classification based on NAF rev.2. | |||||||||||||||
| Sources : INSEE, SSP, SOeS | |||||||||||||||
| NA : A10, (A17) | Aug. / July | July / June | Quarter on quarter change | Year on year change (1) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 0,5 | 1,8 | 1,0 | 3,5 | |||||||||||
| CZ: MANUFACTURING | 0,7 | 1,8 | 0,5 | 4,2 | |||||||||||
| (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages | –0,9 | 0,5 | 0,3 | 3,5 | |||||||||||
| (C2): Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products | 2,0 | –4,6 | 0,1 | –4,4 | |||||||||||
| (C3): Electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment | 2,7 | 4,6 | 2,2 | 8,2 | |||||||||||
| (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment | –2,2 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 5,3 | |||||||||||
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 1,3 | 1,3 | 0,2 | 3,2 | |||||||||||
| (DE): Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | –0,1 | 1,9 | 4,2 | –1,3 | |||||||||||
| FZ: CONSTRUCTION | 3,2 | 0,3 | –0,5 | –0,1 | |||||||||||
Output increased in the “other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment” (+1.9%), in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products (+1.7%), in the manufacture of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media (+3.6%) as weel as in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products (+1.1%).
| 2005 based, SA-WDA changes in % | |||||||||||||||
| (1) n.e.c. : not elsewhere classifiable | |||||||||||||||
| (2) Main industrial groupings : definition in Commission regulation EC of 14 June 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Sources : Insee, SSP, SOeS | |||||||||||||||
| NA : A10, (A17), [A38 ou A64] | Aug. 2011 | Aug. / July | July / June | Quarter on quarter change | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 95,8 | 0,5 | 1,8 | 1,0 | |||||||||||
| CZ: MANUFACTURING | 95,5 | 0,7 | 1,8 | 0,5 | |||||||||||
| (C1): Man. of food products and beverages | 104,3 | –0,9 | 0,5 | 0,3 | |||||||||||
| (C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products | 75,7 | 2,0 | –4,6 | 0,1 | |||||||||||
| (C3): Electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment | 98,5 | 2,7 | 4,6 | 2,2 | |||||||||||
| [CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products | 95,9 | –2,0 | 9,0 | 0,5 | |||||||||||
| [CJ] Man. of electrical equipment | 105,7 | 2,5 | 4,2 | –1,5 | |||||||||||
| [CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) | 96,1 | 6,4 | 1,6 | 6,1 | |||||||||||
| (C4): Man. of transport equipment | 88,6 | –2,2 | 2,5 | 0,0 | |||||||||||
| [CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 74,7 | 0,3 | 1,6 | 2,4 | |||||||||||
| [CL2] Man. of other transport equipment | 117,0 | –5,2 | 3,7 | –3,1 | |||||||||||
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 94,9 | 1,3 | 1,3 | 0,2 | |||||||||||
| [CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products | 59,0 | –2,5 | –1,5 | –4,4 | |||||||||||
| [CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media | 82,9 | 3,6 | –0,6 | 0,2 | |||||||||||
| [CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products | 113,3 | 0,4 | –1,9 | –0,6 | |||||||||||
| [CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations | 119,9 | 0,7 | 0,8 | 2,5 | |||||||||||
| [CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products | 90,5 | 1,7 | 0,7 | –1,5 | |||||||||||
| [CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 84,5 | 1,1 | 2,2 | 0,0 | |||||||||||
| [CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 113,6 | 1,9 | 4,5 | 2,4 | |||||||||||
| (DE): Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | 98,4 | –0,1 | 1,9 | 4,2 | |||||||||||
| [BZ] Mining and quarrying | 89,6 | 2,4 | 4,5 | –1,8 | |||||||||||
| [DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply | 98,8 | –0,5 | 2,2 | 5,2 | |||||||||||
| [EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation | 101,6 | 1,4 | –2,1 | –0,2 | |||||||||||
| FZ: CONSTRUCTION | 96,9 | 3,2 | 0,3 | –0,5 | |||||||||||
| MIGs (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Capital goods | 86,4 | 1,0 | 3,8 | 2,0 | |||||||||||
| Intermediate goods | 84,9 | 1,1 | 1,1 | –0,8 | |||||||||||
| Consumer durables | 78,4 | 2,1 | 7,0 | 3,1 | |||||||||||
| Consumer non-durables | 105,4 | –0,6 | 0,5 | 0,3 | |||||||||||
Output soared in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (+6.4%) and in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+2.5%). On the opposite, it decreased in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (-2.0%).
Output decreased in the manufacture of other transport equipment (-5.2%). It slightly increased in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+0.3%).
The revisions are due to the revision of raw series in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products and in the “other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment”.
| (in point %) | |||||||||||||||
| Note of reading : in the manufacturing, the SA-WDA evolution between June and July is revised by 0.43 point : 0.39 is due to the raw serie's revision and 0.04 to the new calculation of the SA-WDA. | |||||||||||||||
| Sources : Insee, SSP, SOeS | |||||||||||||||
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| July / June | June / May | May / April | Q2 2011 / Q1 2011 | 2010 / 2009 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry (BE) | 0,32 | 0,00 | –0,22 | 0,00 | 0,04 | ||||||||||
| raw serie | 0,20 | –0,11 | –0,22 | –0,20 | 0,01 | ||||||||||
| SA-WDA coefficient | 0,12 | 0,11 | 0,00 | 0,20 | 0,03 | ||||||||||
| Manufacturing (CZ) | 0,43 | –0,11 | 0,00 | 0,04 | 0,02 | ||||||||||
| raw serie | 0,39 | –0,20 | –0,34 | –0,21 | 0,02 | ||||||||||
| SA-WDA coefficient | 0,04 | 0,09 | 0,34 | 0,25 | 0,00 | ||||||||||
n° 248 - October 10, 2011
Industrial production index - August 2011
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