23 July 2010
2010- n° 195In June, households’ consumption in manufactured goods decreased (–1.4%) Household consumption expenditure on goods - June 2010
In June, households consumption in manufactured goods decreased by 1.4% in volume*, after +0.6% in May. Over the quarter, this consumption decreased by 0.9% after –1.9% in Q1.
In June, households consumption in manufactured goods decreased by 1.4% in volume*, after +0.6% in May. Over the quarter, this consumption decreased by 0.9% after –1.9% in Q1.
[* Volumes are chained and all figures are trading days and seasonally adjusted.]
Durables: partial countereffect of May’s increase in household durables
Expenditures in durables decreased in June (–1.8%) after May’s progression (+3.0%). Over the quarter, these expenditures diminished by 2.2% after –4.8% in Q1.
In June, the drop is imputable to the drawback of household durables (–3.6%) after a strong progression in May (+6.4%). Purchases of consumers electronics and furnitures were mainly impacted.
Car purchases have been stable with respect to May (+0.0%). However, over the quarter, these purchases dropped by 8.4% after –11.5% in Q1.
Textile-leather: no sales’ day in June this year
In June, expenditures in textile decreased by 5.0% after a drop in May (–0.8%).
This decrease is du to clothing expenditures (as opposed to shoes and luggage) and is partly imputable to the sales calender as these only began on June 30th. Over the quarter, textile expenditures lost 2.8% after +0.2% in Q1.
Other manufactured goods: slight increase
Expenditures in other manufactured goods slightly increased in June (+0.2%) after –0.4% in May.
Over the quarter, these expenditures increased by 0.7% after a decrease of 0.5% in Q1.
May growth of consumption in manufactured goods is scaled down by 0.1 point
In May, the change in consumption in manufactured goods is now estimated at +0.6% (+0.7% initially announced). The variation of expenditures in durables is downscaled by 0.6 point; car purchases are revised by –0.2 point and those in household durables by –0.9 point. Textile expenditures are upgraded by 0.8 point. Expenditures in other manufactured goods are downgraded by 0.2 point.
These revisions are mainly due to the update of seasonal and working day adjustment. To a lesser extent, they are explained by new informations on other manufactured goods.
tableauenglish_trim – Households consumption expenditures in manufactured goods
| April | May | June | June 10/ | Q2 10/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | June 09 | Q1 10 | |
| Manufactured goods | 21.983 | 22.117 | 21.798 | ||
| Change (%) | –1.4 | 0.6 | –1.4 | –1.9 | –0.9 |
| Durables | 8.709 | 8.973 | 8.812 | ||
| Change (%) | –4.3 | 3.0 | –1.8 | –0.4 | –2.2 |
| Of which: | |||||
| Automobiles | 2.672 | 2.663 | 2.662 | ||
| Change (%) | –9.2 | –0.3 | 0.0 | –8.2 | –8.4 |
| Household durables | 6.275 | 6.679 | 6.441 | ||
| Change (%) | –0.5 | 6.4 | –3.6 | 6.5 | 3.0 |
| Textile-leather | 4.010 | 3.978 | 3.778 | ||
| Change (%) | –1.2 | –0.8 | –5.0 | –8.9 | –2.8 |
| Other manufactured goods | 9.449 | 9.413 | 9.428 | ||
| Change (%) | 0.6 | –0.4 | 0.2 | –0.1 | 0.7 |
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