Informations Rapides · 5 July 2021 · n° 177
In May 2021, manufacturing output decreased by –0.5% Industrial production index - May 2021

In May 2021, output decreased in the manufacturing industry (–0.5%, after –0.1%), as well as in the whole industry (–0.3%, after +0.1%). Compared to February 2020 (the last month before the first general lockdown), output remained in sharp decline in the manufacturing industry (–6.9%), as well as in the whole industry (–5.6%).

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From this month onwards, except for the September and January publications, the industrial production index shall be published and disseminated no later than 35 days after the end of the month under review, compared to 40 days so far.

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.

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In May 2021, output declined sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment
Over a year, manufacturing output on the rise (+27.9%)
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tableauMonthly Industrial Production Indices

Monthly Industrial Production Indices
	(C1)	(C3)	(C4)	(C5)	CZ
2015-01	98.88	98.69	98.35	99.24	99.01
2015-02	97.98	97.31	102.77	99.31	99.36
2015-03	100.23	98.62	100.39	99.53	99.83
2015-04	99.76	99.89	97.64	99.99	99.64
2015-05	100.43	103.18	99.66	100.34	100.65
2015-06	100.81	102.93	100.38	99.56	100.24
2015-07	100.38	97.24	96.55	99.31	98.72
2015-08	99.95	99.72	102.97	99.33	99.86
2015-09	101.03	104.46	102.51	100.27	101.34
2015-10	100.32	101.51	102.14	99.97	100.61
2015-11	99.78	98.17	97.51	100.64	99.7
2015-12	100.44	98.29	99.13	102.51	101.02
2016-01	100.79	98.58	107.23	102.42	102.24
2016-02	99.82	100.55	105.51	99.63	100.62
2016-03	100.02	97.34	102.64	99.26	99.62
2016-04	98.3	98.34	108.19	100.18	100.76
2016-05	97.7	97.68	103.27	100.44	99.77
2016-06	97.54	96.15	104.97	99.34	99.04
2016-07	98.81	96.2	100.5	99.94	99.32
2016-08	100.07	99.96	104.81	101.04	101.23
2016-09	100.45	98.99	101.65	100.41	100.37
2016-10	99.14	95.15	104.64	98.52	99.05
2016-11	100.11	100.63	105.32	102.66	102.45
2016-12	99.64	100.26	103.83	100.67	100.95
2017-01	97.55	97.53	106.31	100.62	100.4
2017-02	98.89	100.04	103.47	101.23	100.85
2017-03	98.97	100.72	109.15	102.46	102.43
2017-04	98.42	100.42	103.34	102.03	101.37
2017-05	99.55	104.64	109.48	103.56	103.8
2017-06	99.11	101.85	106.06	103.41	102.85
2017-07	99.49	101.92	109.49	103.47	103.32
2017-08	100.43	100.76	113.61	102.6	103.39
2017-09	99.63	101.5	112.37	104.21	104.08
2017-10	99.27	104.9	112.6	105.65	105.32
2017-11	100.0	101.51	114.75	105.92	105.47
2017-12	99.11	106.18	112.93	106.98	106.27
2018-01	99.03	100.18	112.97	103.02	103.22
2018-02	98.79	99.95	107.45	102.92	102.39
2018-03	100.19	102.38	107.35	104.84	103.93
2018-04	99.75	98.29	113.64	104.69	103.88
2018-05	100.15	99.1	109.69	103.3	102.59
2018-06	99.35	100.57	114.38	105.31	104.65
2018-07	98.97	101.22	116.8	103.84	104.21
2018-08	100.34	101.92	114.1	105.27	105.02
2018-09	98.21	99.54	112.01	104.53	103.67
2018-10	99.27	102.72	110.82	105.22	104.53
2018-11	98.01	100.46	114.17	104.54	103.93
2018-12	99.46	99.15	119.85	105.3	105.17
2019-01	100.09	103.51	115.27	105.34	105.42
2019-02	99.36	103.15	115.09	106.31	105.74
2019-03	98.82	105.69	114.9	105.31	105.37
2019-04	100.0	107.36	110.93	104.87	105.0
2019-05	99.03	104.96	115.15	107.12	106.27
2019-06	99.08	103.22	110.01	104.81	103.95
2019-07	98.35	102.72	113.13	105.34	104.54
2019-08	98.18	100.1	113.0	104.37	103.65
2019-09	99.55	105.12	112.31	105.78	105.1
2019-10	99.02	102.3	109.5	106.93	104.7
2019-11	99.25	102.11	114.49	104.9	104.31
2019-12	99.09	98.15	108.26	103.4	102.09
2020-01	98.35	101.74	105.49	104.28	102.51
2020-02	99.53	103.47	108.38	105.93	104.28
2020-03	97.23	78.67	70.62	85.55	83.97
2020-04	88.91	61.85	37.64	66.08	65.25
2020-05	90.47	79.12	54.6	82.83	79.37
2020-06	96.64	91.52	75.12	93.83	91.01
2020-07	99.16	97.42	81.08	97.49	94.98
2020-08	97.3	93.66	84.01	99.39	95.47
2020-09	97.61	96.34	93.29	100.64	97.97
2020-10	96.94	98.45	90.7	102.09	98.68
2020-11	97.48	99.97	91.97	102.73	99.44
2020-12	95.54	96.64	94.05	101.93	98.23
2021-01	99.45	103.57	91.13	105.77	101.6
2021-02	97.48	99.63	80.89	101.51	97.1
2021-03	98.96	98.79	81.16	102.19	97.68
2021-04	99.06	99.69	80.54	101.9	97.57
2021-05	100.41	98.91	76.2	101.73	97.05

Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.

graphiqueMonthly Industrial Production Indices

Chargement en cours — 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 May 2021, output declined sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment

In May, output fell back sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (–5.4% after –0.8%) due to shortages of raw materials in the automotive industry. It decreased more moderately in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−0.8% after +0.9%) and in “other manufacturing” (–0.2% after –0.3%). On the contrary, it continued to grow in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.4% after +0.1%) and in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+0.9% after +1.1%). Output recovered in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (+5.2% after −1.0%).

In May 2021, output remained in sharp decline compared to its February 2020 level in most industrial activities. It slumped in the manufacture of transport equipment (−29.7%), both in the manufacture of other transport equipment (−30.0%) and in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (−29.2%). It also plummeted in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (−13.3%). Compared to February 2020, output declined more moderately in “other manufacturing” (−4.0%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−4.4%). Output was above its February 2020 level in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+1.9%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.9%).

tableauVariation 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]	May 2021	May 2021 / April 2021	April 2021 / March 2021	May 2021 / Feb. 2020	Quarter–on–quarter change (3)	Year–on–year change (4)
BE: INDUSTRY	97.4	–0.3	0.1	–5.6	–1.1	25.1
CZ: Manufacturing	97.1	–0.5	–0.1	–6.9	–1.6	27.9
(C1): Man. of food products and beverages	100.4	1.4	0.1	0.9	2.0	7.9
(C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products	58.5	5.2	–1.0	–13.3	16.8	18.8
(C3): Machinery and equipment goods	98.9	–0.8	0.9	–4.4	–0.8	35.4
[CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products	101.4	–0.7	1.5	–7.4	–2.6	22.4
[CJ] Man. of electrical equipment	96.5	–0.2	–0.2	1.4	0.6	43.9
[CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1)	97.7	–1.2	1.0	–4.5	0.3	46.2
(C4): Man. of transport equipment	76.2	–5.4	–0.8	–29.7	–10.6	46.1
[CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi–trailers	72.9	–7.9	–5.9	–29.2	–17.2	144.9
[CL2] Man. of other transport equipment	78.7	–3.6	3.1	–30.0	–5.3	13.9
(C5): Other manufacturing	101.7	–0.2	–0.3	–4.0	–1.1	30.4
[CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products	93.5	–1.5	–0.6	–8.6	–2.5	55.9
[CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media	95.4	1.8	–0.2	–5.6	–0.6	19.2
[CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products	102.4	0.4	–3.1	–4.5	–1.4	17.3
[CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	121.1	1.2	–4.2	3.5	–5.1	–0.7
[CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products	101.3	–0.5	0.3	–5.2	–0.9	49.0
[CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	94.0	0.2	0.8	–6.1	–2.0	52.0
[CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment	104.7	–1.7	2.2	–2.9	1.8	34.4
DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management	99.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	1.3	12.0
[BZ] Mining and quarrying	102.5	1.0	–4.0	0.7	–1.2	60.3
[DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air–conditioning supply	100.4	1.0	1.8	2.6	1.7	11.6
[EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	91.2	–0.5	–3.3	–3.9	–0.7	–0.1
FZ: CONSTRUCTION	100.8	5.4	–0.8	–1.1	–0.4	63.0
MIGs (2)
Capital goods	92.5	–2.7	0.7	–13.5	–2.9	37.2
Intermediate goods	97.3	–0.5	0.2	–4.4	–1.2	33.1
Consumer durables	107.2	2.3	–2.1	–5.1	–5.2	99.9
Consumer non–durables	104.4	1.8	–1.4	–0.6	–0.4	10.7
Energy	96.4	1.1	1.2	1.2	2.0	10.8

(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

Over a year, manufacturing output on the rise (+27.9%)

Due to a significant “base effect” owing to the first general lockdown from March to May 2020, cumulative output over the last three months was higher than that of the same months of 2020 in the manufacturing industry (+27.9%), as well as in the whole industry (+25.1%).

Over this one-year period, output bounced back sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (+46.1%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+35.4%) and in “other manufacturing” (+30.4%). It expanded also in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+18.8%), in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+12.0%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+7.9%).

tableauRevision of variations

(in percentage point)

Revision of variations ((in percentage point))
	April / March	March / Feb.	Feb. / Jan.	Q1 2021 / Q4 2020	2020 / 2019
Industry (BE)	0.14	0.04	0.02	–0.06	0.03
raw serie	0.32	–0.13	0.08	–0.08	0.03
SA–WDA parameters	–0.18	0.17	–0.06	0.02	0.00
Manufacturing (CZ)	0.22	0.01	0.05	–0.07	0.04
raw serie	0.37	–0.18	0.09	–0.11	0.04
SA–WDA parameters	–0.15	0.19	–0.04	0.04	0.00

How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA–WDA variation between March and April 2021 is revised by +0.22 points, +0.37 points are due to the revision of the raw series and –0.15 points to the updating of the SA–WDA parameters.
Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES