7 July 2017
2017- n° 180In May 2017, manufacturing output bounced back sharply (+2.0%) Industrial production index - May 2017
In May 2017, output bounced back sharply in the manufacturing industry (+2.0% after −1.3% in April), as well as in the whole industry (+1.9% after −0.6%).
- Over the last three months, manufacturing output grew markedly (+1.9%)
- Over a year, manufacturing output went up sharply (+2.6%)
- In May, output bounced back sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (+7.4% after −5.4%)
- Output recovered in “other manufacturing” (+1.2% after −0.5%)
- It rebounded in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+2.0% after −1.6%)
- Output recovered in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.1% after −1.2%)
- Output grew again in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply, waste management (+1.0% after +4.3%)
- Output slowed down in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.3% after +9.6%)
Please note: all the series are seasonally (SA) and working-day adjusted (WDA) and SA-WDA models have been updated for this publication.
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 May 2017, output bounced back sharply in the manufacturing industry (+2.0% after −1.3% in April), as well as in the whole industry (+1.9% after −0.6%).
Over the last three months, manufacturing output grew markedly (+1.9%)
Manufacturing output grew sharply over the last three months in the manufacturing industry (+1.9%) as well as in the overall industry (+1.4%).
Output increased markedly in “other manufacturing” (+1.8%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+3.0%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (+2.7%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.2%). Conversely, it decreased sharply in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (−2.0%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−2.3%).
Over a year, manufacturing output went up sharply (+2.6%)
Manufacturing output of the last three months increased sharply compared to the same months of 2016 (+2.6%) as well as in the whole industry (+1.9%).
Over a year, output increased in most branches: in “other manufacturing” (+2.3%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+4.7%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (+3.3%), in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.2%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.7%). By contrast, it decreased in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (−2.5%).
graphiqueGraphique1a – Monthly Industrial Production Indices
- Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES
tableauTableau1a – Variation in the Industrial Production
| NA : A10, (A17) | May / April | April / March | Q-o-Q change (1) | Year-on-year change (2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 1.9 | –0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| CZ: Manufacturing | 2.0 | –1.3 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages | 1.1 | –1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| (C2): Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products | 1.3 | 9.6 | –2.3 | 1.7 |
| (C3): Machinery and equipment goods | 2.0 | –1.6 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
| (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment | 7.4 | –5.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 1.2 | –0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | 1.0 | 4.3 | –2.0 | –2.5 |
| FZ: CONSTRUCTION | –1.3 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
- (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, SDES
tableauTableau2a – Variation in the Industrial Production
| NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64] | May 2017 | May / April | April / March | Quarter-on-quarter change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 104.0 | 1.9 | –0.6 | 1.4 |
| CZ: Manufacturing | 105.2 | 2.0 | –1.3 | 1.9 |
| (C1): Man. of food products and beverages | 101.8 | 1.1 | –1.2 | 1.2 |
| (C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products | 87.6 | 1.3 | 9.6 | –2.3 |
| (C3): Machinery and equipment goods | 104.5 | 2.0 | –1.6 | 3.0 |
| [CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products | 112.2 | 4.2 | –0.9 | 2.7 |
| [CJ] Man. of electrical equipment | 92.4 | 4.4 | –0.7 | 0.8 |
| [CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) | 103.9 | –1.5 | –2.8 | 4.4 |
| (C4): Man. of transport equipment | 119.3 | 7.4 | –5.4 | 2.7 |
| [CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 109.7 | 9.6 | –6.3 | 0.4 |
| [CL2] Man. of other transport equipment | 128.8 | 5.5 | –4.7 | 4.7 |
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 103.7 | 1.2 | –0.5 | 1.8 |
| [CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products | 91.4 | 3.8 | –1.6 | 2.2 |
| [CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media | 87.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| [CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products | 125.6 | 2.6 | –1.5 | 3.6 |
| [CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations | 119.9 | –1.1 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| [CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products | 102.7 | 2.6 | –1.9 | 2.5 |
| [CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 98.1 | 1.1 | –0.8 | 2.0 |
| [CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 98.6 | 0.3 | –3.2 | 0.0 |
| DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | 96.9 | 1.0 | 4.3 | –2.0 |
| [BZ] Mining and quarrying | 96.6 | 2.1 | –2.1 | 3.2 |
| [DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply | 96.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 | –2.5 |
| [EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation | 104.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | –2.0 |
| FZ: CONSTRUCTION | 89.6 | –1.3 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| MIGs (2) | ||||
| Capital goods | 107.4 | 3.0 | –3.5 | 2.8 |
| Intermediate goods | 101.8 | 2.2 | –1.3 | 1.5 |
| Consumer durables | 104.4 | –3.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Consumer non-durables | 107.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Energy | 96.0 | 0.9 | 5.1 | –2.4 |
- (1) n.e.c. : not elsewhere classifiable
- (2) Main industrial groupings: definition in Commission regulation EC of 14 June 2007
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES
In May, output bounced back sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (+7.4% after −5.4%)
Output picked up sharply in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+9.6% after −6.3%) and in the manufacture of other transport equipment (+5.5% after −4.7%).
Output recovered in “other manufacturing” (+1.2% after −0.5%)
Output grew in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products and other non-metallic mineral products (+2.6%), in chemicals (+2.6%), in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (+1.1%) and in the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products (+3.8%). Conversely, it slipped back in pharmaceuticals (−1.1%).
It rebounded in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+2.0% after −1.6%)
Output rallied strongly in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (+4.2% after −0.9%) and in the manufacture of electrical equipment (+4.4% after −0.7%). By contrast, it fell again in the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (−1.5% after −2.8%).
Output recovered in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.1% after −1.2%)
Output recovered in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.1% after −1.2%), in particularly in the manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products and that of “other food products”.
Output grew again in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply, waste management (+1.0% after +4.3%)
In particular, output continued to grow in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply (+1.0% after +5.5%).
Output slowed down in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.3% after +9.6%)
Output slowed down in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+1.3%) after a surge in April (+9.6%).
tableauTableau3a – Revision of variations
| April / March | March / Feb. | Feb. / Jan. | Q1 2017 / Q4 2016 | 2016 / 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry (BE) | –0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| raw serie | –0.38 | 0.02 | –0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Manufacturing (CZ) | –0.10 | 0.04 | –0.01 | 0.11 | –0.01 |
| raw serie | –0.41 | 0.04 | –0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.09 | –0.01 |
- How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA-WDA variation between March 2017 and April 2017 is revised by −0.10 points, −0.41 points are due to the revision of the raw series and +0.31 points to the updating of the SA-WDA parameters.
- Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES
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