10 June 2016
2016- n° 150In April 2016, manufacturing output bounced back (+1.3%) Industrial production index - April 2016
In April 2016, output recovered in the manufacturing industry (+1.3% after -1.0% in March), as well as in the whole industry (+1.2% after -0.4%).
Please note: all the series are seasonally (SA) and working-day adjusted (WDA).
The commentary shows variations of subsections by decreasing contribution. The contribution of a subsection depends on the extent of the change and on its weight.
In April 2016, output recovered in the manufacturing industry (+1.3% after −1.0% in March), as well as in the whole industry (+1.2% after −0.4%).
Manufacturing output diminished over the past three months (−1.2%)
Over the past three months, output diminished in the manufacturing industry (−1.2% q-o-q), and to a lesser extent in the overall industry (−0.6%).
Output decreased sharply in other manufacturing (−2.3%), in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (−1.9%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−1.4%). It was stable in the manufacture of food products and beverages. Conversely, output jumped in mining and quarrying; energy; water supply (+3.6%) and in the manufacture of transport equipment (+2.7%).
Over the year, manufacturing output increased (+0.6%)
Manufacturing output of the past three months of 2016 improved compared to the same months of 2015 (+0.6%, y-o-y); so did overall industrial output (+0.5% y-o-y).
Over the year, manufacturing output soared in the manufacture of transport equipment (+5.6%). It was stable or virtually stable in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.1%), in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment (+0.1%), in mining and quarrying; energy; water supply (0.0%), and in other manufacturing (−0.1%). Conversely, it plummeted in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−7.6%).
graphiqueGraphique1a – Monthly Industrial Production Indices
- Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SOeS
tableauTableau1a – Variation of the Industrial Production
| NA : A10, (A17) | April / March | March / Feb. | Q-o-Q change (1) | Year on year change (2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 1.2 | –0.4 | –0.6 | 0.5 |
| CZ: Manufacturing | 1.3 | –1.0 | –1.2 | 0.6 |
| (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages | –0.5 | –1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| (C2): Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products | 1.9 | 2.9 | –1.4 | –7.6 |
| (C3): Electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment | 1.1 | –2.0 | –1.9 | 0.1 |
| (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment | 3.8 | –0.5 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 1.2 | –0.9 | –2.3 | –0.1 |
| DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | 0.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| FZ: CONSTRUCTION | 0.7 | 1.3 | –2.3 | –2.8 |
- (1) Last three months / previous three months
- (2) Last three months / same three months of previous year
- The codes correspond to the level of aggregation A 10 (A 17) of the "NA" aggregated classification based on the French classification of activities NAF rev.2.
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SOeS
tableauTableau2a – Variation of the Industrial Production
| NA : A10, (A17), [A38 ou A64] | April 2016 | April / March | March / Feb. | Quarter on quarter change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 101.9 | 1.2 | –0.4 | –0.6 |
| CZ: Manufacturing | 102.5 | 1.3 | –1.0 | –1.2 |
| (C1): Man. of food products and beverages | 101.0 | –0.5 | –1.0 | 0.0 |
| (C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products | 88.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 | –1.4 |
| (C3): Electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment | 98.5 | 1.1 | –2.0 | –1.9 |
| [CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products | 101.4 | 0.5 | –0.8 | –3.1 |
| [CJ] Man. of electrical equipment | 86.2 | –0.2 | –1.1 | –0.8 |
| [CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) | 102.7 | 2.4 | –3.6 | –1.2 |
| (C4): Man. of transport equipment | 116.3 | 3.8 | –0.5 | 2.7 |
| [CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 102.2 | 3.0 | –2.9 | 2.4 |
| [CL2] Man. of other transport equipment | 130.2 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 101.4 | 1.2 | –0.9 | –2.3 |
| [CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products | 99.3 | 5.1 | –3.0 | 1.4 |
| [CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media | 85.9 | 0.2 | –1.6 | –2.4 |
| [CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products | 113.6 | 0.9 | –3.4 | –2.8 |
| [CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations | 109.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | –6.5 |
| [CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products | 98.4 | 1.2 | –0.4 | 0.3 |
| [CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 93.6 | 0.6 | –1.5 | –2.9 |
| [CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 106.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | –1.4 |
| DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | 98.2 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| [BZ] Mining and quarrying | 88.7 | 0.6 | –3.7 | –4.4 |
| [DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply | 98.5 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| [EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation | 102.0 | –0.2 | –1.8 | –3.8 |
| FZ: CONSTRUCTION | 85.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | –2.3 |
| MIGs (2) | ||||
| Capital goods | 107.1 | 3.1 | –1.4 | –0.3 |
| Intermediate goods | 96.8 | –0.1 | –1.1 | –1.9 |
| Consumer durables | 105.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 | –2.3 |
| Consumer non-durables | 103.7 | 0.0 | –0.5 | –1.8 |
| Energy | 98.0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- (1) n.e.c.: not elsewhere classifiable
- (2) Main industrial groupings: definition in Commission regulation EC of June 14th 2007
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SOeS
In April 2016, output rallied in “other manufacturing” (+1.2% after −0.9%)
Output bounced back in almost all branches within “other manufacturing”: strongly in other manufacturing repair and installation of machinery and equipment (+2.1%), and in the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel (+5.1%), and more moderately in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (+1.2%), in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (+0.6%), and in chemicals (+0.9%).
Output jumped in the manufacture of transport equipment (+3.8% after −0.5%)
Output expanded at a much faster pace in the manufacture of other transport equipment (+4.5% after +1.5% in March). It recovered sharply in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+3.0%) after a drop of a similar magnitude in March (−2.9%).
Output rebounded in the electrical and electronic equipment; machine equipment (+1.1% after −2.0%)
Output picked up markedly in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (+2.4% after −3.6%) and more moderately in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+0.5%), but faltered in the manufacture of electrical equipment (−0.2%).
Output slowed in mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management (+0.5% after +3.7%)
Output slowed down in particular in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply (+0.6% after +5.1%).
Output grew in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.9% after +2.9%)
Output went up again in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.9% after +2.9%).
Output dipped in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.5% after −1.0%)
Output weakened again in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.5% after −1.0%), in particular in the processing and preparation of meat.
Revisions for March 2016
tableauTableau3a – Measure of variations' revisions
| March / Feb. | Feb. / Jan. | Jan. / Dec. | Q1 2016 / Q4 2015 | 2015 / 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry (BE) | –0.04 | 0.09 | –0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| raw serie | –0.02 | –0.08 | 0.03 | –0.05 | 0.02 |
| SA-WDA coefficient | –0.02 | 0.17 | –0.06 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Manufacturing (CZ) | –0.05 | 0.07 | –0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| raw serie | 0.00 | –0.09 | 0.02 | –0.07 | 0.02 |
| SA-WDA coefficient | –0.05 | 0.16 | –0.04 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA-WDA evolution between February 2016 and March 2016 has been revised downwards by −0.05 points, 0.0 due to the revision of the raw serie and −0.05 to the new calculation of the SA-WDA.
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SOeS
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