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Informations rapidesIn March, manufacturing output recovered slightly (+0,4%) Industrial production index - March 2021

In March 2021, output increased in the manufacturing industry (+0.4%, after −4.8%), as well as in the whole industry (+0.8%, after −4.8%). Compared to February 2020 (the last month before the first general lockdown), output remained in sharp decline in the manufacturing industry (−6.8%), as well as in the whole industry (−5.9%).

Informations rapides
No 122
Paru le :Paru le07/05/2021
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All series are seasonally (SA) and working-day adjusted (WDA).

In the following paragraphs, percentage changes by subsections are presented in descending order of their contribution to the overall percentage change of the industrial production index. The contribution of a subsection takes into account its weight and the magnitude of its evolution.

In March 2021, output increased in the manufacturing industry (+0.4%, after −4.8%), as well as in the whole industry (+0.8%, after −4.8%). Compared to February 2020 (the last month before the first general lockdown), output remained in sharp decline in the manufacturing industry (−6.8%), as well as in the whole industry (−5.9%).

Monthly Industrial Production Indices

Monthly Industrial Production Indices
(C1) (C3) (C4) (C5) CZ
2015-01 98.85 98.77 98.36 99.24 99.02
2015-02 97.96 97.19 102.78 99.28 99.33
2015-03 100.25 98.64 100.41 99.52 99.83
2015-04 99.76 99.76 97.67 99.99 99.62
2015-05 100.41 103.22 99.62 100.34 100.65
2015-06 100.82 103.04 100.4 99.56 100.27
2015-07 100.44 97.24 96.57 99.32 98.74
2015-08 99.92 99.72 102.95 99.35 99.86
2015-09 101.02 104.54 102.53 100.3 101.37
2015-10 100.32 101.33 102.03 99.99 100.58
2015-11 99.79 98.19 97.55 100.63 99.71
2015-12 100.47 98.36 99.12 102.48 101.02
2016-01 100.78 98.62 107.23 102.41 102.24
2016-02 99.8 100.48 105.52 99.65 100.62
2016-03 100.02 97.31 102.67 99.23 99.61
2016-04 98.27 98.24 108.24 100.21 100.77
2016-05 97.7 97.72 103.25 100.44 99.77
2016-06 97.53 96.2 105.02 99.35 99.06
2016-07 98.85 96.26 100.5 99.94 99.33
2016-08 100.07 99.99 104.77 101.07 101.25
2016-09 100.46 99.0 101.67 100.43 100.39
2016-10 99.14 95.1 104.47 98.55 99.03
2016-11 100.13 100.65 105.42 102.66 102.47
2016-12 99.64 100.23 103.8 100.67 100.94
2017-01 97.56 97.6 106.31 100.6 100.4
2017-02 98.88 99.91 103.44 101.18 100.8
2017-03 98.91 100.75 109.26 102.43 102.42
2017-04 98.4 100.32 103.43 102.06 101.38
2017-05 99.62 104.64 109.45 103.56 103.81
2017-06 99.08 101.82 106.11 103.41 102.85
2017-07 99.5 102.02 109.47 103.47 103.33
2017-08 100.44 100.71 113.58 102.63 103.4
2017-09 99.67 101.56 112.36 104.24 104.11
2017-10 99.3 104.87 112.37 105.68 105.29
2017-11 100.04 101.47 114.91 105.92 105.49
2017-12 99.08 106.18 112.82 107.02 106.27
2018-01 99.0 100.29 112.92 102.99 103.21
2018-02 98.8 99.9 107.38 102.87 102.34
2018-03 100.03 102.37 107.57 104.79 103.9
2018-04 99.74 98.25 113.87 104.72 103.92
2018-05 100.25 99.09 109.63 103.29 102.59
2018-06 99.3 100.58 114.43 105.31 104.65
2018-07 98.99 101.26 116.76 103.83 104.21
2018-08 100.35 101.72 114.06 105.3 105.0
2018-09 98.31 99.64 111.96 104.55 103.71
2018-10 99.36 102.73 110.53 105.26 104.52
2018-11 98.06 100.45 114.38 104.56 103.99
2018-12 99.42 99.23 119.66 105.38 105.19
2019-01 100.09 103.58 115.18 105.29 105.39
2019-02 99.36 103.25 115.0 106.22 105.7
2019-03 98.57 106.09 115.26 105.25 105.42
2019-04 100.04 107.04 111.26 104.86 105.01
2019-05 99.17 104.9 115.03 107.12 106.27
2019-06 98.99 103.19 110.03 104.81 103.93
2019-07 98.37 102.77 113.08 105.35 104.54
2019-08 98.2 99.79 112.95 104.41 103.61
2019-09 99.66 105.1 112.22 105.83 105.12
2019-10 99.12 102.25 109.19 106.99 104.68
2019-11 99.33 102.07 114.69 104.94 104.38
2019-12 99.03 98.17 108.01 103.5 102.1
2020-01 98.32 101.84 105.36 104.2 102.46
2020-02 99.53 103.1 108.27 105.85 104.17
2020-03 96.9 78.75 71.14 85.41 83.93
2020-04 88.98 61.05 37.91 66.16 65.24
2020-05 90.51 78.9 54.55 82.85 79.36
2020-06 96.56 91.15 75.13 93.83 90.94
2020-07 99.21 97.51 80.97 97.46 94.96
2020-08 97.33 93.56 83.94 99.42 95.46
2020-09 97.73 96.39 93.16 100.64 97.97
2020-10 97.08 97.24 90.37 102.11 98.47
2020-11 97.62 99.71 92.18 102.74 99.47
2020-12 95.51 96.28 93.71 102.08 98.21
2021-01 98.91 104.97 90.93 105.64 101.6
2021-02 96.41 99.32 80.77 101.3 96.75
2021-03 97.65 99.76 81.13 101.29 97.12
  • Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.

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

In March 2021, output increased in most major industrial activities

In March, output bounced back in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+2.9% after −5.0%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.3% after −2.5%). It continued to expand in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum after the shutdown of several refineries in late 2020 (+7.0% after +12.2%). Output grew moderately in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+0.4% after −5.4%) and in the manufacture of transport equipment (+0.4% after −11.2%). It was unchanged in “other manufacturing” (stability after −4.1%).

In March 2021, output yet remained in sharp decline compared to its February 2020 level in most industrial activities. It slumped in the manufacture of transport equipment (−25.1%), more sharply in the manufacture of other transport equipment (−29.6%) than in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (−18.1%). It also plummeted in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (−14.9%). Compared to February 2020, output decreased more moderately in “other manufacturing” (−4.3%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−3.2%), thanks in particular to the sub-branches of pharmaceuticals (+5.4%) and electrical equipment (+4.3%).

Variation in the Industrial Production

2015 based, SA–WDA changes in %
Variation in the Industrial Production (2015 based, SA–WDA changes in %)
NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64] March 2021 March 2021 / Feb. 2021 Feb. 2021 / Jan. 2021 March 2021 / Feb. 2020 Quarter–on–quarter change (3) Year–on–year change (4)
BE: INDUSTRY 97.2 0.8 –4.8 –5.9 –0.2 1.7
CZ: Manufacturing 97.1 0.4 –4.8 –6.8 –0.2 1.7
(C1): Man. of food products and beverages 97.7 1.3 –2.5 –1.9 1.0 –0.6
(C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products 57.5 7.0 12.2 –14.9 –9.1 –10.0
(C3): Machinery and equipment goods 99.8 0.4 –5.4 –3.2 3.7 7.2
[CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products 102.8 2.1 –9.0 –5.8 4.4 1.5
[CJ] Man. of electrical equipment 98.9 –1.8 0.6 4.3 7.8 15.6
[CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) 97.0 0.1 –5.1 –4.8 0.6 8.7
(C4): Man. of transport equipment 81.1 0.4 –11.2 –25.1 –8.5 –11.2
[CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi–trailers 84.1 –5.5 –8.0 –18.1 –8.9 5.1
[CL2] Man. of other transport equipment 79.2 5.5 –13.7 –29.6 –8.1 –20.9
(C5): Other manufacturing 101.3 0.0 –4.1 –4.3 0.4 4.3
[CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products 93.4 –0.5 –1.7 –8.4 –4.2 4.6
[CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media 94.4 0.0 –1.1 –6.5 –0.3 0.4
[CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products 104.8 2.5 –1.9 –2.3 –4.5 2.9
[CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 123.1 –1.9 –14.1 5.4 8.7 4.3
[CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products 101.1 0.5 –3.1 –5.2 0.2 8.5
[CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 92.9 –1.1 –3.4 –7.2 2.1 6.9
[CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment 102.1 0.0 –2.7 –5.3 –0.2 2.1
DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management 97.4 2.9 –5.0 –0.5 –0.1 1.7
[BZ] Mining and quarrying 103.9 –0.9 –2.3 1.9 5.5 15.1
[DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air–conditioning supply 97.4 3.2 –5.6 –0.6 –0.5 1.2
[EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 94.7 2.3 –1.3 –0.5 0.9 0.5
FZ: CONSTRUCTION 91.5 –7.3 –4.9 –10.6 2.5 10.5
MIGs (2)
Capital goods 93.7 0.8 –6.6 –12.2 –2.2 –1.8
Intermediate goods 97.2 –0.1 –2.4 –4.4 0.0 5.7
Consumer durables 108.6 –4.1 –3.0 –4.5 4.9 18.9
Consumer non–durables 103.0 0.6 –5.8 –1.8 2.0 1.0
Energy 94.1 3.2 –4.5 –1.4 –0.7 0.6
  • (1) n.e.c. : not elsewhere classifiable
  • (2) Main industrial groupings: definition in Commission regulation EC of 14 June 2007
  • (3) Last three months / previous three months
  • (4) Last three months / same three months of previous year
  • // Not available
  • Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES

Compared to the first quarter of 2020, manufacturing output rose (+1.7%)

Over the first quarter of 2021, manufacturing output was up compared to the same quarter of 2020 (+1.7%), as well as output in the whole industry (+1.7%). However, this relatively moderate evolution masks very large differences between months, given that the beginning of the general lockdown took place in mid-March 2020.

Over this one-year period, because of a significant “base effect” with the marked decline in activity in March 2020, output increased sharply in “other manufacturing” (+4.3%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+7.2%) and more slightly in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+1.7%). Conversely it slumped in the manufacture of transport equipment (−11.2%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−10.0%). It decreased modestly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.6%).

Revision of variations

(in percentage point)
Revision of variations ((in percentage point))
Feb. / Jan. Jan. / Dec. Dec. / Nov. Q4 2020 / Q3 2020 2020 / 2019
Industry (BE) –0.07 0.10 0.07 –0.03 0.03
raw serie –0.10 0.11 0.04 0.01 0.03
SA–WDA parameters 0.03 –0.01 0.03 –0.04 0.00
Manufacturing (CZ) –0.14 0.13 0.08 –0.02 0.04
raw serie –0.10 0.12 0.06 0.01 0.05
SA–WDA parameters –0.04 0.01 0.02 –0.03 –0.01
  • How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA–WDA variation between January and February 2021 is revised by –0.14 points, –0.10 points are due to the revision of the raw series and –0.04 points to the updating of the SA–WDA parameters.
  • Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES

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