30 November 2017

2017- n° 318

In September 2017, the turnover in the manufacturing industry rose slightly (+0.2%) Turnover in industry and construction - September 2017

In September 2017, the turnover rose slightly in the manufacturing industry (+0.2 % after +0.4% in August). It recovered in export (+0.6% after −0.3%).

In industry as a whole, the turnover was virtually stable in September (+0.1% after +0.5% in August).

Over the third quarter, the turnover rose sharply in the manufacturing industry (+1.2%) as in industry as a whole (+1.3%). In the manufacturing industry, the turnover grew strongly in the manufacture of transport equipment (+3.5%). It rose also in “other manufacturing” (+0.8%), in the machinery and equipment goods (+1.9%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.4%). Conversely, it fell in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−1.5%).

In the manufacturing industry, the turnover rose sharply from the same three months of the previous year (+6.3%). This growth was also marked in industry as a whole (+7.1%) due to the strong increase in the mining and quarrying, energy, water supply, waste management (+11.2%). Over this period, the turnover rose sharply in every main sectors of the manufacturing industry − “other manufacturing” (+6.0%), the manufacture of transport equipment (+8.3%), the manufacture of food products and beverages (+4.2%), the machinery and equipment sector (+6.2%) and the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+10.7%).

The turnover in the manufacture of transport equipment recovered sharply in September (+3.8% after −3.5% in August). This rebound was driven by the manufacture of other transport equipment (+4.7% after −4.8%) and the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+2.8% after −2.0%). It was also very marked in export sales (+6.8% after −6.9%).

The turnover in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products bounced back sharply in September (+5.7% after −0.2% in August).

In September, the turnover in the manufacture of food products and beverages fell back (−1.6% after +2.1% in August). It also slipped back in export sales (−2.2% after +2.9%).

The turnover in “other manufacturing” edged down in September (−0.5% after +0.6% in August). It fell again in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (−1.5% after −2.6%). It decreased in the manufacture of textiles (−1.6%) after a stability in August. It fell back in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipement (−0.7% after 1.1%) as well as in the manufacture of rubber and plastic products (−0.3% after +1.2%) and in the manufacture of wood and paper products (−0.7% after +1.5%). Conversely, it rose again in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (+1.6% after +2.4%) and to a lesser extent in the other manufacturing (+0.2% after +1.3%). In export sales, the turnover fell back in “other manufacturing” (−1.2% after +2.1%).

In September, the turnover in machinery and equipment slipped back (−1.1% after +2.7%). It fell back sharply in the manufacture of electrical equipment (−2.9% after +5.5%) and to a lesser extent in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (−0.7% after +2.1%) and in the manufacture of other machinery and equipment (−0.3% after +1.6%). The turnover in machinery and equipment also fell back in export sales (−1.9% after +1.4%).

The variation in the turnover index in August 2017 has been raised by 0.1 points in the manufacturing industry, at 0.4% instead of 0.3%, and in industry as a whole, at 0.5% instead of 0.4%.