21 December 2018

2018- n° 345

In October 2018, the turnover in the manufacturing industry bounced back (+3.2%) Turnover in industry and construction - October 2018

In October 2018, the turnover increased sharply in the manufacturing industry (+3.2%) after a decrease in September (−1.9%). It also went up in industry as a whole (+2.7% after −1.5%).

Export turnover rebounded in October (+4.1% after −2.6% in September).

Over the last three months, the turnover rose in the manufacturing industry (+2.2%) as well as in industry as a whole (+2.5%). Within manufacturing, the turnover grew sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (+6.9%), in “other manufacturing” (+1.0%), in the machinery and equipment goods (+2.4%), in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+3.2%) and more moderatly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.4%).

The turnover grew sharply compared to the same three months of the previous year in the manufacturing industry (+4.2%). It grew more sharply in industry as a whole (+5.1%) due to the strong rise in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply abd waste management (+9.9%). Over this period, the turnover grew strongly in “other manufacturing” (+3.0%), in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+26.8%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (+6.0%), in the machinery and equipment goods (+2.4%) and more moderatly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.7%).

The turnover in “other manufacturing” recovered in October (+2.9% after −1.7%). It bounced back sharply in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (+3.7% after −2.0%), in chemicals and chemical products (+3.2% after −0.3%), in other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment (+3.5% after −3.5%), in the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products (+6.8% after −5.4%), in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (+1.7% after −1.9%), and in the manufacture of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media (+1.4% after −1.0%). It rose again in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+1.0% after +1.3%)

Export sales in “other manufacturing” bounced back in October (+3.9% after −2.4%).

The turnover in the manufacture of transport equipment went up strongly in October (+6.6% after −2.8% in September). It recovered sharply in the manufacture of other transport equipment (+9.4% after −8.2%) and increased again in the manufacture of motor vehicles (+3.3% after +4.3%).

Export sales in the manufacture of transport equipment bounced back (+7.2% after −3.8%).

The turnover in the manufacture of food products and beverages rebounded in October (+3.2% after −1.8%). It turned up in export (+1.8%) after a decline in September (−0.7%).

In October, the turnover in machinery and equipment recovered sharply (+2.3% after −3.5% in September). It rose particularly in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (+3.1% after −4.6%), in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+2.9% after −3.3%) and more moderatly in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+0.8% after −2.1%).

Export sales in machinery and equipment also recovered (+2.5% after −4.5%).

In October, the turnover in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products fell back sharply (−3.6% after +2.6%).

The variation of the turnover index for the manufacturing industry in September 2018 has been revised upward, at −1.9% instead of −2.3% in the previous publication (−1.5% instead of −1.9% in industry as a whole).