28 February 2017

2017- n° 58

In December 2016, the turnover rose again in the manufacturing industry (+1.2%) Turnover in industry and construction - December 2016

In December 2016, the turnover rose again in the manufacturing industry (+1.2% after +2.4%). The increase was particularly marked in exports (+5.1% after +4.0%).

In the industry as a whole, the turnover rose again but much more slowly than in November (+0.4% after +2.9%).

Over the fourth quarter of 2016, the turnover advanced sharply in the manufacturing industry (+2.5%) as well as in the industry as a whole (+2.4%). It grew in every sector of the manufacturing industry: strongly in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+8.8%) and the in manufacture of transport equipment (+6.0%), more modestly in the machinery and equipment goods (+1.7%), “other manufacturing” (+1.6%) and the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.8%).

The turnover grew sharply over the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the same quarter of 2015 in the manufacturing industry (+3.2%), as in the industry as a whole (+3.6%). Over this period, it soared in the manufacture of transport equipment (+12.4%), it rose strongly in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+3.8%), and more moderately in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.7%), in the machinery and equipment industry (+1.6%) and in the “other manufacturing” sector (+0.9%).

The turnover in the manufacture of transport equipment accelered strongly in December (+12.0% after +3.4% in November). This huge increase was owed to the manufacture of other transport equipment (+22.1% after +5.0% in November) and specifically to the aeronautical industry that recorded an exceptionnal year's end. Conversely, the turnover in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers was steady.

In December, the turnover in “other manufacturing” fell back (−1.0% after +2.7%). It declined sharply in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (−2.0%) and more moderately in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipement (−1.0%). By contrast, it went on increasing in the other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment (+0.8%).

The turnover in the machinery and equipment goods shrank in December (−2.0%) after a sharp rebound in November (+4.9%). It fell back in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (−4.0%) and to a lesser extent in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (−0.8%). However the turnover in the manufacture of electrical equipment was stable.

In December, the turnover fell back in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−1.6%) after two months of increase (whose +1.0% in November).

The turnover in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products bounced back in December (+2.2%) after a downturn in November (−3.3%).

In the manufacturing industry, the variation in turnover is unchanged at +2.4% for November 2016. It has been raised by 0.2 points in the industry as a whole, to +2.9% instead of 2.7% previously.