29 July 2016

2016- n° 204

In May 2016, the turnover rebounded dramatically in the manufacturing industry (+5.1%) Turnover in industry and construction - May 2016

In May 2016, the turnover rocketed sharply in the manufacturing industry (+5.1%) after a decline in April (–1.1%). Exports took off dramatically (+19.2%), owing to high deliveries of transport equipments.

In the industry as a whole, the turnover improved a little less fiercely (+4.1%), because of a slight fall in the mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management sector (–0.3%).

Over the last three months, the turnover rose in the manufacturing industry (+0.5%), and more vigourously in the industry as a whole (+0.8%). Indeed, it improved substantially in the mining and quarrying, energy, water supply, waste management (+2.2%).

Over this period, the turnover climbed sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (+8.0%), owing to the manufacture of other transport equipment (+13.5%). On the other hand, it declined sharply in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−8.8%) and, to a lesser extent, in the manufacture of food products and beverages (–0.9%), in other manufacturing (−0.4%), and in the manufacture of machinery and equipement goods (–0.5%).

In the manufacturing industry, the turnover remained virtually stable over the last three months, compared to the same months of 2015 (−0.1%)

Over this period, the turnover jumped dramatically in the manufacture of transport equipment (+10.3%), but it plummeted in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−24.6%) because of the fall of producer prices. It declined more moderately in other manufacturing (−0.7%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.9%). It levelled off in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods .

The turnover in the manufacture of transport equipment reached a very high level in May (+27.1%, after −1.5% in April) thanks to the delivery of a very big boat (the luxurious “Harmony of the Seas”) in the manufacture of other transport equipment (+50.9%). The turnover also climbed in the manufacture of motor vehicles (+2.4%).

The turnover bounced back in the manufacture of food products and beverages in May (+1.5%, after –1.6%).

The turnover in “other manufacturing” recovered in May (+0.5%, after −1.0% in April). It grew mainly in the other manufacturing: repair and installation (+1.0%), the manufacture of rubber, plastics and non-metallic mineral products (+1.0%), the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel... (+2.2%) and the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+1.2%). Conversely, it declined once again in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (−0.6%).

The turnover in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods went up in May (+0.6%) after a virtual stability in April (+0.1%). It rebounded in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+3.0%, after –0.9% in April). On the other hand, it fell back in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (–0.9%, after +1.0%). It remained virtually stable in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+0.1%).

In May, the turnover fell again in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (–0.9% after –1.3%).

In the manufacturing industry, the variation of the turnover in April 2016 has been revised upwards by 0.1 points, at –1.1% instead of –1.2% published previously.