Informations Rapides · 4 February 2022 · n° 35
In December 2021, manufacturing output was virtually stable (+0.1%) Industrial production index - December 2021

In December 2021, output was virtually stable in the manufacturing industry (+0.1%, after –0.6%), and it decreased slightly in the whole industry (–0.2%, after –0.5%). Compared to February 2020 (the last month before the first general lockdown), output remained in decline in the manufacturing industry (–5.9%), as well as in the whole industry (–5.3%).

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In the following paragraphs, percentage changes by subsections are presented in descending order of their contribution to the overall percentage change of the industrial production index. The contribution of a subsection takes into account its weight and the magnitude of its evolution.

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In December 2021, output bounced back markedly in the manufacture of transport equipment
Over a year, manufacturing output declined slightly (−0.5%)
The evolution of the November 2021 manufacturing index is unrevised
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tableauMonthly Industrial Production Indices

Monthly Industrial Production Indices
	(C1)	(C3)	(C4)	(C5)	CZ
2021-12	100.11	99.74	87.69	100.61	98.14
2021-11	102.3	99.21	78.79	102.03	98.02
2021-10	101.12	100.64	82.62	102.33	98.64
2021-09	99.61	101.19	76.35	102.41	97.64
2021-08	100.54	100.81	83.32	103.67	99.39
2021-07	102.89	98.43	85.0	101.45	98.45
2021-06	101.12	98.99	78.84	102.04	97.78
2021-05	99.78	98.17	76.5	101.55	96.79
2021-04	98.73	100.45	80.98	101.56	97.5
2021-03	99.87	98.92	81.22	102.16	97.84
2021-02	97.88	100.17	81.11	101.58	97.3
2021-01	99.73	103.74	91.08	105.91	101.73
2020-12	96.67	97.19	93.9	101.89	98.45
2020-11	97.52	99.17	92.25	102.76	99.37
2020-10	97.66	97.49	90.4	101.91	98.55
2020-09	99.08	95.37	92.96	100.52	97.99
2020-08	98.34	93.3	83.55	99.23	95.46
2020-07	98.97	95.82	81.35	97.37	94.69
2020-06	97.43	91.1	75.2	93.73	91.04
2020-05	90.92	78.93	54.46	82.83	79.41
2020-04	89.19	61.86	37.59	66.23	65.38
2020-03	97.08	78.62	70.59	85.75	84.04
2020-02	100.05	103.68	108.57	105.72	104.3
2020-01	98.42	101.6	105.42	104.2	102.44
2019-12	98.79	98.65	108.14	103.39	102.08
2019-11	98.96	101.68	114.72	104.9	104.22
2019-10	99.06	101.72	109.3	106.89	104.59
2019-09	99.91	104.69	112.06	105.69	105.03
2019-08	98.09	100.5	112.78	104.21	103.57
2019-07	98.22	102.34	113.3	105.33	104.48
2019-06	99.02	103.17	110.02	104.7	103.88
2019-05	99.12	105.05	115.02	107.21	106.33
2019-04	99.99	107.72	110.89	105.06	105.15
2019-03	98.85	105.87	114.87	105.46	105.48
2019-02	99.43	103.5	115.25	106.22	105.78
2019-01	100.01	103.63	115.18	105.28	105.37
2018-12	99.33	99.39	119.84	105.28	105.16
2018-11	97.96	100.21	114.24	104.47	103.85
2018-10	99.34	102.35	110.77	105.24	104.51
2018-09	98.47	99.32	111.85	104.46	103.63
2018-08	100.34	102.15	114.0	105.15	104.97
2018-07	98.94	101.03	116.92	103.8	104.18
2018-06	99.35	100.57	114.41	105.25	104.62
2018-05	100.21	99.13	109.59	103.36	102.62
2018-04	99.71	98.51	113.61	104.77	103.94
2018-03	100.22	102.41	107.34	105.03	104.04
2018-02	98.8	100.13	107.54	102.87	102.39
2018-01	98.91	100.23	112.88	103.0	103.19
2017-12	98.96	106.43	112.93	106.96	106.27
2017-11	100.0	101.42	114.75	105.79	105.38
2017-10	99.28	104.65	112.58	105.68	105.3
2017-09	99.83	101.36	112.27	104.19	104.07
2017-08	100.42	100.92	113.64	102.57	103.41
2017-07	99.5	101.72	109.55	103.41	103.27
2017-06	99.07	101.83	106.08	103.35	102.81
2017-05	99.54	104.77	109.42	103.64	103.86
2017-04	98.31	100.52	103.34	102.02	101.36
2017-03	99.05	100.75	109.16	102.61	102.53
2017-02	98.88	100.13	103.49	101.19	100.84
2017-01	97.48	97.5	106.26	100.64	100.38
2016-12	99.65	100.48	103.85	100.69	101.0
2016-11	100.12	100.61	105.33	102.53	102.37
2016-10	99.14	94.97	104.63	98.52	99.02
2016-09	100.57	98.88	101.62	100.4	100.37
2016-08	100.03	100.11	104.88	101.07	101.27
2016-07	98.8	96.06	100.51	99.89	99.27
2016-06	97.58	96.23	104.98	99.34	99.06
2016-05	97.69	97.8	103.23	100.5	99.81
2016-04	98.3	98.42	108.19	100.15	100.76
2016-03	99.98	97.34	102.65	99.37	99.67
2016-02	99.86	100.54	105.5	99.57	100.59
2016-01	100.7	98.43	107.2	102.43	102.21
2015-12	100.45	98.47	99.13	102.58	101.09
2015-11	99.78	98.16	97.51	100.53	99.64
2015-10	100.33	101.39	102.14	99.97	100.59
2015-09	101.06	104.46	102.49	100.28	101.36
2015-08	99.92	99.73	103.01	99.33	99.86
2015-07	100.53	97.08	96.56	99.28	98.71
2015-06	100.81	103.13	100.38	99.57	100.28
2015-05	100.33	103.13	99.64	100.33	100.63
2015-04	99.78	99.92	97.64	99.95	99.62
2015-03	100.2	98.6	100.39	99.6	99.86
2015-02	97.96	97.32	102.77	99.29	99.35
2015-01	98.85	98.61	98.34	99.29	99.02

Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.

graphiqueMonthly Industrial Production Indices

Chargement en cours — Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.

*Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES*

In December 2021, output bounced back markedly in the manufacture of transport equipment

In December 2021, output fell back in “other manufacturing” (–1.4% after –0.3%), in the manufacture of food products and beverages (–2.1% after +1.2%), in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (–1.7% after +0.1%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (–2.3% after +8.1%). On the contrary, it bounced back sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (+11.3% after –4.6%): it picked up strongly in the manufacture of other transport equipment (+11.0% after −13.0%) and increased again in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+11.7% after +10.1%). It also recovered in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+0.5% after –1.4%).

In December 2021, output remained in decline compared to its February 2020 level in most industrial activities. It plunged in the manufacture of transport equipment (−19.2%), both in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (−14.3%) and in the manufacture of other transport equipment (−22.4%). The decrease was more moderate in “other manufacturing” (−4.8%), in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (−4.5%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−3.8%) and in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (–1.5%). Output was close to its February 2020 level in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.1%).

tableauVariation in the Industrial Production

2015 based, SA–WDA changes in %

Variation in the Industrial Production (2015 based, SA–WDA changes in %)
NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64]	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2021 / Nov. 2021	Nov. 2021 / Oct. 2021	Dec. 2021 / Feb. 2020 (3)	Quarter–on–quarter change (4)	Year–on–year change (5)
BE: INDUSTRY	97.8	–0.2	–0.5	–5.3	–0.2	–0.5
CZ: Manufacturing	98.1	0.1	–0.6	–5.9	–0.2	–0.5
(C1): Man. of food products and beverages	100.1	–2.1	1.2	0.1	0.2	4.0
(C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products	64.1	–2.3	8.1	–4.5	5.5	8.8
(C3): Machinery and equipment goods	99.7	0.5	–1.4	–3.8	–0.3	2.0
[CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products	102.0	–1.3	0.1	–7.2	–0.7	2.3
[CJ] Man. of electrical equipment	93.1	–4.9	1.2	–2.6	1.6	3.2
[CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1)	101.3	6.0	–4.6	–0.8	–0.9	0.8
(C4): Man. of transport equipment	87.7	11.3	–4.6	–19.2	1.8	–9.9
[CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi–trailers	88.5	11.7	10.1	–14.3	4.0	–19.2
[CL2] Man. of other transport equipment	87.3	11.0	–13.0	–22.4	0.4	–2.5
(C5): Other manufacturing	100.6	–1.4	–0.3	–4.8	–0.8	–0.5
[CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products	104.4	1.8	–0.8	1.4	1.1	5.4
[CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media	97.5	–0.9	1.5	–3.5	0.4	3.3
[CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products	108.1	1.4	2.0	1.2	2.5	–1.5
[CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	106.9	–8.4	–0.2	–8.3	–4.7	–6.3
[CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products	99.7	–1.8	0.2	–6.4	0.7	–0.9
[CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	90.8	–0.7	–0.1	–9.3	–2.4	–1.9
[CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment	103.1	–1.2	–2.9	–4.0	–1.7	1.9
DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management	96.3	–1.7	0.1	–1.5	–0.2	–0.3
[BZ] Mining and quarrying	95.9	–0.9	–0.8	–5.6	–2.8	–3.6
[DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air–conditioning supply	96.5	–2.0	0.0	–1.4	–0.4	–0.2
[EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	94.1	0.8	2.1	–0.3	3.1	0.0
FZ: CONSTRUCTION	89.7	–6.9	–2.9	–11.8	–1.3	–0.4
MIGs (2)
Capital goods	95.3	3.7	–3.9	–10.7	–1.0	–3.5
Intermediate goods	98.2	–0.8	1.4	–3.7	0.8	–0.2
Consumer durables	110.1	–1.1	0.9	–3.9	1.0	5.0
Consumer non–durables	102.8	–2.8	0.6	–2.2	–0.8	2.1
Energy	93.8	–1.8	0.6	–1.5	0.1	0.2

(1) n.e.c. : not elsewhere classifiable
(2) Main industrial groupings: definition in Commission regulation EC of 14 June 2007
(3) February 2020: the last month before the first general lockdown
(4) Last three months / previous three months
(5) Last three months / same three months of previous year
// Not available
Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES

Over a year, manufacturing output declined slightly (−0.5%)

Output of the fourth quarter of 2021 was lower than the same quarter of 2020 in the manufacturing industry (−0.5%), as well as in the whole industry (−0.5%).

Over this one-year period, output plummeted in the manufacture of transport equipment (−9.9%), particularly in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (−19.2%) which was strongly impacted by the semiconductor shortage. It diminished in “other manufacturing” (–0.5%) as well as in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (–0.3%). Conversely, it went up in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+4.0%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+2.0%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+8.8%).

The evolution of the November 2021 manufacturing index is unrevised

The evolution of the manufacturing index between October and November 2021 remains at −0.6%, while the evolution of the whole industry index is revised downwards by 0.1 points (after rounding, at −0.5% instead of −0.4%) due to raw data revisions.

tableauRevision of variations

(in percentage point)

Revision of variations ((in percentage point))
	Nov. / Oct.	Oct. / Sept.	Sept. / Aug.	Q3 2021 / Q2 2021
Industry (BE)	–0.08	0.05	–0.05	–0.08
raw serie	–0.16	0.03	–0.02	0.01
SA–WDA parameters	0.08	0.02	–0.03	–0.09
Manufacturing (CZ)	0.02	–0.03	–0.07	–0.08
raw serie	–0.02	–0.12	–0.01	0.01
SA–WDA parameters	0.04	0.09	–0.06	–0.09

How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA–WDA variation between October and November 2021 is revised by +0.02 points, –0.02 points are due to the revision of the raw series and +0.04 points to the updating of the SA–WDA parameters.
Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES

For more information

The methodology of the industrial production index is explained in « Industrial Production Index with Base Year 2015 », Insee Méthodes n°133 – july 2019: https://www.insee.fr/en/information/5349872

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