24 October 2014

2014- n° 245

In August 2014, the turnover in manufacturing industry rose slightly (+0.2%) Turnover in industry and construction - August 2014

In August 2014, the turnover went up slightly in the manufacturing industry (+0.2%) after a sharp fall in July (–1.3%), in spite of a new decline in exports (–0.9%).

The turnover also grew in the industry as a whole (+0.5%).

Over the last quarter (q-o-q), the turnover increased in the manufacturing industry (+0.3%) as well as in the industry as a whole (+0.4%).

The turnover rose in other manufacturing (+0.4%), mainly in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (+1.1%) and in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products (+0.7%). It also went up in the electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (+0.5%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.3%). On the other hand, it dropped in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (–0.9%). It remained stable in the manufacture of transport equipment (0.0%): the rise in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+1.1%) was balanced by the decline in the manufacture of other transport equipment (–0.8%).

Year-on-year, the turnover fell slightly in the manufacturing industry (–0.3%).

Over this period, the turnover slumped in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (–5.7%) and slid in the electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (–1.0%). Conversely, it climbed in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.9%). It levelled off in the manufacture of transport equipment (–0.1%) and in other industries (0.0%).

In August, the turnover decreased sharply for the second month in a raw in the manufacture of transport equipment (–3.1%, after –3.4% in July), owed to a dramatic drop in the manufacture of other transport equipment (–9.1%), in spite of a sharp rebound in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+5.9%, after –3.6% in July).

In August, the turnover grew in other industries (+0.9%) after a slight fall in July (–0.3%). It rose in all sectors, mainly in the other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment (+1.6%), the manufacture of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media (+1.9%), the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products (+0.8%) and the manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (+0.8%).

In August, the turnover bounced back in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+4.4%).

In August, the turnover flattened out in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.1%), after a significant fall in July (-2.1%).

The turnover levelled off in August in the electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (+0.1%) after a rise for two months in a row. It grew in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+1.5%) and more slightly in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+0.3%). Conversely, it declined in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (–0.9%)

In the manufacturing industry, the change of the turnover in July is revised at –1.3%, instead of –1.1% calculated previously.