7 December 2016

2016- n° 287

In August 2016, the turnover recovered strongly in the manufacturing industry (+3.2%) Turnover in industry and construction - August 2016

In August 2016, the turnover in the manufacturing industry recovered strongly (+3.2% after −0.7% in July). Export turnover picked up especially (+3.1% after −0.4%).

In the industry as a whole, the turnover also recovered to a similar extent (+3.1% after −0.3%).

Over the last three months, the turnover shrank in the manufacturing industry (−0.9%) and in the industry as a whole (−0.6%). It decreased sharply in the manufacturing of transport equipment (−4.2%) and, to a lesser degree, in “other manufacturing” (−0.8%) and in machinery and equipment goods (−0.4%). On the other hand, the turnover rose in the manufacturing of food products and beverages (+1.2%) and in that of coke and refined petroleum products (+0.5%).

The turnover declined over the last three months, compared to the same three months of the previous year in the manufacturing industry (−1.2%) as in the industry as a whole (−1.3%). Over this period, the turnover tumbled in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−14.9%). It declined in “other manufacturing” (−1.7%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−1.7%). Conversely, it advanced in the manufacturing of transport equipment (+2.4%). It was virtually stable in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.1%).

The turnover in the manufacture of transport equipment rebounded strongly in August (+5.0% after −0.9% in July). It picked up in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+6.4%) and, to a lesser extent in that of other transport equipment (+3.8%).

The turnover of machinery and equipment goods surged in August (+4.0%) after two months of decline (−1.5% in July and −0.9% in June). It accelerated in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+6.4% after +0.4%) and bounced back markedly in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+9.1% after −6.0%). By contrast, it declined again slightly in the manufacturing of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (−0.4% as in July).

The turnover in “other manufacturing” recovered sharply in August (+2.6% after −1.0% in July). In particular, it rose strongly in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (+4.4% after +3.0%). It recovered sharply in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+8.0% after −6.6%) and in the other manufacturing ; repair and installation of machinery and equipment sector (+3.4% after −3.3%). The rebound is more moderate in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products (+1.1% after −1.1%).

The turnover rose in the manufacture of food products and beverages in August (+2.6%) after a near stability in July (+0.1%).

In August, the turnover picked up in coke and refined petroleum products (+3.2%) after a stability in July, preceded by three consecutive months of growth.

In the manufacturing industry, the variation in turnover for July 2016 is unchanged, at −0.7%. It has been lowered by 0.1 points in the industry as a whole.