In September 2013, manufacturing output went down (–0.7%)Industrial production index - September 2013

In September 2013, manufacturing output went down (–0.7%, after +0.9% in August). Output decreased as well in industrial production as a whole (–0.5%, after +0.7% last month).

During the last quarter (q-o-q), output declined in the manufacturing sector (–1.1%), as well as in industry as a whole (–1.4%).

Output decreased in other manufacturing (–0.8%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (–2.0%), and in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (–0.9%). Moreover, it slumped by 10.6% in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products.

Manufacturing output dropped by 2.0% (y-o-y).

Output went down significantly in other manufacturing (–2.3%), in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (–1.9%), and in the manufacture of food products and beverage (–2.3%). It decreased dramatically in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (–9.0%). On the opposite, output improved in the manufacture of transport equipment (+0.7%).

Please note: all the series are adjusted for seasonal variations (SA) and the number of working days (WDA).

Output went down in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (–2.8%), in the manufacture of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media (–3.0%), and, to a lesser extent, in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (–0.5%). On the contrary, output improved in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+0.5%), in other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment (+0.9%), in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (+1.3%) and in the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products (+2.2%).

Output plummeted in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (–7.0%) and remained more or less in the manufacture of other transport equipment (–0.3%).

Output went down by 2.1% in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products.

Output decreased by 2.0% in the manufacture of food products and beverages.

Output rebounded in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+4.6%), in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+2.8%), as well as in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (+1.9%).