27 November 2015

2015- n° 294

In September 2015, the turnover rebounded in the manufacturing industry (+0.5%) Turnover in industry and construction - September 2015

In September 2015, the turnover bounced back in the manufacturing industry (+0.5%, after –0.4% in August). However, exports fell back (–1.4%, after +1.5%).

In the industry as a whole , the turnover recovered as well (+0.4%, after –0.2%).

Over the third quarter of 2015, the turnover remained virtually stable in the manufacturing industry (–0.1%), and stable in the industry as a whole, compared to the second quarter.

Over this third quarter, the turnover grew substantially in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.3%). It rose slightly in the electrical and electronic equipment, and machine equipment (+0.2%). On the other hand, it dropped sharply in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (–4.1%) and, more moderately, in the manufacture of transport equipment (–0.9%). It levelled off in other manufacturing (–0.1%).

The turnover in the manufacturing industry went up by +0.6% over the third quarter of 2015, compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Over this period, the turnover rocketed in the manufacture of transport equipment (+8.7%). It also went up in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.4%) and more moderately in the electrical and electronic equipment, and machine equipment (+0.7%). Conversely, it slumped in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (–17.9%) owing to a fall in prices, and it decreased slightly in other manufacturing (–0.4%).

In September, the turnover grew for the second month in a row in the manufacture of transport equipment (+1.6%, after +0.6% in August). This rise was due both to the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+2.3%) and to the manufacture of other transport equipment (+1.3%). Nevertheless, exports dropped sharply (–4.3%, after +9.8%).

In September, the turnover bounced back in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.0%), after a decline for three months in a row.

The turnover remained almost unchanged in September in other manufacturing (+0.1%) after a slight fall in August (–0.3%). It rebounded sharply in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (+1.4%) and the manufacture of rubber and plastic products (+1.1%). On the contrary, it dropped back in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (–2.4%), the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products (–0.6%) and the manufacture of wood and paper products (–0.8%).

The turnover was virtually stable in September in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.1%)

The turnover in the electrical and electronic equipment, and machine equipment rebounded slightly in September (+0.3%, after –0.7% in August). It rose in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+0.9%) and in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+0.2%). It levelled off in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. .

In the manufacturing industry, the variation of the turnover in August 2015 has been revised upwards by 0.1 points, to –0.4%. In the industry as a whole, the variation in August 2015 has been confirmed at –0.2%.