Informations Rapides · 5 May 2023 · n° 118
In March 2023, manufacturing output fell back (‑1.1%) Industrial production index - March 2023

In March 2023, output fell back over a month in the manufacturing industry (‑1.1% after +1.3%), as well as in the whole industry (‑1.1% after +1.4%).

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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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Over a month, output fell back in most industries
Over a year, manufacturing output increased by 0.5%
Over a year, output declined sharply in some energy-intensive industries
The evolution of the February 2023 manufacturing index is unrevised
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In March 2023, output fell back over a month in the manufacturing industry (‑1.1% after +1.3%), as well as in the whole industry (‑1.1% after +1.4%).

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tableauMonthly Industrial Production Indices

Monthly Industrial Production Indices
	(C1)	(C3)	(C4)	(C5)	CZ
2023-03	98.77	103.6	92.92	101.23	99.4
2023-02	98.95	104.53	92.77	102.32	100.5
2023-01	97.51	103.94	87.93	101.82	99.24
2022-12	98.15	101.47	95.21	103.91	101.08
2022-11	100.06	104.56	88.04	104.31	101.04
2022-10	99.98	99.85	87.99	102.07	98.8
2022-09	99.75	103.72	89.22	103.98	100.84
2022-08	100.23	103.04	92.22	104.19	101.4
2022-07	100.55	98.88	85.31	101.82	98.61
2022-06	101.17	101.49	87.24	103.52	100.26
2022-05	99.36	98.62	85.13	103.7	99.36
2022-04	99.41	98.9	81.83	102.24	98.13
2022-03	101.18	98.75	76.95	104.0	98.69
2022-02	101.77	100.06	79.21	103.05	98.75
2022-01	102.01	98.4	82.12	105.15	100.07
2021-12	100.91	99.89	84.32	100.65	97.95
2021-11	101.66	98.02	77.62	101.26	97.27
2021-10	101.85	100.2	83.92	102.36	99.01
2021-09	100.23	99.66	75.17	101.74	97.13
2021-08	100.21	98.14	81.58	102.9	98.38
2021-07	102.3	98.7	83.38	101.97	98.55
2021-06	101.01	99.11	79.36	101.85	97.82
2021-05	99.41	98.66	80.46	101.58	97.42
2021-04	98.82	100.87	82.43	102.22	98.22
2021-03	99.66	98.56	82.58	102.19	98.04
2021-02	97.77	97.84	80.27	100.9	96.57
2021-01	99.96	100.96	89.94	105.23	100.98
2020-12	97.67	95.04	90.45	101.93	98.01
2020-11	98.65	96.96	90.69	102.76	99.12
2020-10	98.84	96.8	91.34	102.3	99.05
2020-09	99.71	93.57	92.7	100.53	97.9
2020-08	98.42	91.71	82.29	99.46	95.3
2020-07	99.35	95.6	80.62	98.15	95.15
2020-06	97.83	90.2	75.96	93.53	91.04
2020-05	91.83	78.09	56.94	82.64	79.75
2020-04	90.22	60.69	39.43	65.96	65.6
2020-03	97.18	77.75	72.55	85.16	84.02
2020-02	101.19	102.23	109.35	105.67	104.43
2020-01	99.39	101.05	104.54	104.03	102.39
2019-12	99.06	98.48	105.53	103.97	102.06
2019-11	98.79	100.67	112.37	104.88	103.73
2019-10	99.17	100.87	111.3	106.93	104.8
2019-09	100.01	104.06	113.24	105.51	105.02
2019-08	98.04	100.83	112.69	104.44	103.71
2019-07	98.05	102.29	113.23	105.7	104.63
2019-06	98.8	103.5	112.58	104.82	104.28
2019-05	99.24	105.43	117.9	107.04	106.68
2019-04	100.26	107.87	113.77	105.35	105.75
2019-03	98.63	105.53	116.26	105.44	105.56
2019-02	99.52	102.57	116.42	106.04	105.71
2019-01	99.93	103.23	114.68	105.1	105.13
2018-12	99.24	99.48	120.1	105.38	105.25
2018-11	97.69	99.62	112.19	104.49	103.48
2018-10	99.11	102.03	112.63	105.38	104.74
2018-09	98.27	99.37	112.32	104.32	103.59
2018-08	100.02	101.87	113.6	105.0	104.74
2018-07	98.59	101.4	117.12	103.97	104.28
2018-06	99.02	100.81	116.2	105.15	104.76
2018-05	100.0	99.58	112.1	103.23	102.88
2018-04	99.63	98.91	116.07	105.04	104.43
2018-03	99.87	102.39	107.55	104.87	103.91
2018-02	98.64	99.75	108.38	102.68	102.31
2018-01	98.66	99.49	112.22	102.77	102.83
2017-12	98.81	106.31	111.64	107.01	106.08
2017-11	99.78	101.25	112.69	105.7	105.0
2017-10	98.98	104.63	112.55	105.85	105.34
2017-09	99.48	101.31	111.43	104.16	103.88
2017-08	100.07	100.71	114.02	102.76	103.47
2017-07	99.27	101.89	109.94	103.45	103.32
2017-06	98.81	102.32	105.7	103.25	102.73
2017-05	99.36	104.89	109.56	103.6	103.83
2017-04	98.2	100.67	103.44	102.09	101.41
2017-03	98.69	100.7	108.56	102.63	102.39
2017-02	98.66	99.93	103.4	101.08	100.71
2017-01	97.24	97.26	104.92	100.51	100.06
2016-12	99.65	100.02	103.28	100.38	100.69
2016-11	100.02	100.41	105.76	102.55	102.4
2016-10	98.89	95.03	105.02	98.66	99.12
2016-09	100.38	98.9	100.84	100.23	100.13
2016-08	99.86	99.82	105.03	101.47	101.45
2016-07	98.7	96.03	100.66	100.26	99.47
2016-06	97.48	96.4	105.11	99.26	99.04
2016-05	97.61	97.89	103.34	100.41	99.77
2016-04	98.17	98.18	107.85	100.14	100.65
2016-03	99.85	97.24	101.55	99.27	99.43
2016-02	99.69	100.62	105.53	99.88	100.75
2016-01	100.47	98.44	106.71	102.34	102.06
2015-12	100.58	98.41	99.38	102.33	101.0
2015-11	99.76	98.29	97.62	100.55	99.68
2015-10	100.09	101.22	101.05	99.81	100.29
2015-09	100.89	104.3	102.71	100.3	101.35
2015-08	99.89	99.74	103.53	99.93	100.26
2015-07	100.39	97.07	96.78	99.31	98.73
2015-06	100.88	103.26	99.82	99.64	100.27
2015-05	100.35	103.44	101.01	100.28	100.83
2015-04	99.83	99.83	97.35	99.73	99.46
2015-03	100.26	98.76	100.3	99.69	99.93
2015-02	98.28	97.3	102.12	99.2	99.26
2015-01	98.79	98.39	98.33	99.23	98.94

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*

Over a month, output fell back in most industries

In March 2023, output fell back over a month in the “other manufacturing” industries (‑1.1% after +0.5%). It plummeted substantially in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (‑45.6% after +0.8%) due to the strikes in the refineries. Output also declined in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (‑1.2% after +2.3%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑0.9% after +0.6%) and more slightly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑0.2% after +1.5%). On the contrary, output increased again in the manufacture of transport equipment (+0.2% after +5.5%): it was up in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+0.9% after +3.1%) but it decreased in the manufacture of other transport equipment (‑0.4% after +7.3%).

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]	March 2023	March 2023 / Feb. 2023	Feb. 2023 / Jan. 2023	Quarter-on-quarter change (3)	Year-on-year change (4)
BE: INDUSTRY	97.5	-1.1	1.4	0.0	-0.5
CZ: Manufacturing	99.4	-1.1	1.3	-0.6	0.5
(C1): Man. of food products and beverages	98.8	-0.2	1.5	-1.0	-3.2
(C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products	45.4	-45.6	0.8	7.6	3.5
(C3): Machinery and equipment goods	103.6	-0.9	0.6	2.0	5.0
[CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products	108.0	-0.5	-0.7	2.4	5.8
[CJ] Man. of electrical equipment	93.7	-6.0	5.3	0.2	2.6
[CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1)	105.0	1.8	-0.8	2.7	5.6
(C4): Man. of transport equipment	92.9	0.2	5.5	0.9	14.8
[CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	94.3	0.9	3.1	1.7	24.1
[CL2] Man. of other transport equipment	92.2	-0.4	7.3	0.3	8.9
(C5): Other manufacturing	101.2	-1.1	0.5	-1.6	-2.2
[CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products	104.2	2.9	0.6	-0.3	2.8
[CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media	86.7	-2.8	0.5	-3.9	-9.0
[CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products	96.2	-1.5	3.1	-1.1	-7.4
[CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	124.1	-8.4	3.0	-2.9	6.6
[CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products	96.9	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	-6.5
[CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	93.9	1.9	-0.3	-0.9	-2.1
[CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment	109.1	-0.2	-1.3	-1.4	1.1
DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management	87.9	-1.2	2.3	3.9	-6.2
[BZ] Mining and quarrying	91.6	-1.6	8.7	-6.8	-14.5
[DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	87.8	-1.2	2.2	5.3	-5.8
[EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	86.5	-1.3	0.7	-4.7	-5.3
FZ: CONSTRUCTION	104.3	-0.9	1.7	0.2	-0.2
MIGs (2)
Capital goods	100.9	0.1	1.3	0.9	6.1
Intermediate goods	93.2	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	-5.7
Consumer durables	114.3	2.0	-0.9	-2.0	1.8
Consumer non-durables	106.1	-1.8	2.0	-1.3	0.3
Energy	85.2	-3.3	2.0	4.5	-5.5

(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
Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES.

Over a year, manufacturing output increased by 0.5%

In the manufacturing industry, output of the first quarter of 2023 was 0.5% higher than that of the first quarter of 2022. Conversely, it was slightly lower in the whole industry (‑0.5%).

Over this one-year period, output went down in the “other manufacturing” industries (‑2.2%). It decreased sharply in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (‑6.2%), mainly because of the drop in electricity production. It decreased also in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑3.2%). On the contrary, output expanded markedly in the manufacture of transport equipment (+14.8%), particularly in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+24.1%), less impacted than last year by supply difficulties for electronic components. Finally, it went up in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+5.0%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (+3.5%).

Over a year, output declined sharply in some energy-intensive industries

In the context of rising electricity and gas prices, energy-intensive industries are particularly exposed to rising production costs, which may affect their output. Output of the first quarter of 2023 was thus down sharply compared to that of the first quarter of 2022 in the manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys (‑22.9%), the manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard (‑25.5%) and the manufacture of basic chemicals (‑18.6%).

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tableauMonthly industrial production index in five energy-intensive industries

Monthly industrial production index in five energy-intensive industries
	Pulp, paper and paperboard (171)	Basic chemicals (201)	Glass and glass products (231)	Basic iron and steel and ferro-alloys (241)	Basic precious and other non-ferrous metals (244)
2023-03	59.33	79.53	102.97	72.43	87.31
2023-02	65.76	83.42	103.95	51.97	82.96
2023-01	65.84	77.76	103.39	72.44	79.73
2022-12	67.59	78.18	105.46	69.96	88.38
2022-11	71.09	80.02	105.9	73.86	80.94
2022-10	76.33	78.06	113.58	75.63	80.25
2022-09	78.87	86.24	113.23	71.41	81.83
2022-08	78.46	86.02	108.14	84.07	85.08
2022-07	79.74	93.75	107.07	78.06	86.08
2022-06	81.67	96.17	110.56	85.84	86.13
2022-05	83.24	94.91	109.1	83.46	87.84
2022-04	82.59	92.98	108.44	82.63	86.39
2022-03	85.73	98.72	114.83	81.73	88.2
2022-02	84.91	95.98	109.72	86.98	84.15
2022-01	85.74	100.94	109.82	86.6	87.77
2021-12	87.07	102.77	110.26	89.43	88.07
2021-11	85.02	103.25	109.07	89.67	94.76
2021-10	80.48	100.23	105.94	88.68	91.41
2021-09	83.4	98.71	105.24	91.09	82.1
2021-08	84.84	97.2	104.92	88.73	92.99
2021-07	83.92	99.55	107.13	91.16	92.38
2021-06	82.98	101.09	105.75	87.77	92.38
2021-05	82.92	97.08	104.55	88.76	89.18
2021-04	84.08	102.04	104.35	90.19	91.3
2021-03	82.62	103.68	99.72	85.58	88.84
2021-02	81.12	99.69	101.59	82.51	89.23
2021-01	81.69	100.38	100.73	82.79	90.86
2020-12	80.08	106.98	98.41	98.02	100.56
2020-11	77.92	107.39	102.15	84.51	90.32
2020-10	76.92	106.13	100.16	67.33	92.25
2020-09	82.21	98.02	100.92	80.5	87.31
2020-08	77.84	85.69	95.63	68.87	85.79
2020-07	79.48	88.26	97.27	66.7	83.44
2020-06	78.94	91.69	92.85	58.99	72.31
2020-05	74.84	88.25	78.7	54.01	70.08
2020-04	76.21	91.95	60.01	51.19	61.35
2020-03	76.81	94.22	81.13	56.43	81.79
2020-02	83.47	102.32	108.08	86.93	100.18
2020-01	81.91	94.63	106.11	87.6	98.59
2019-12	83.7	91.69	100.84	86.94	98.2
2019-11	84.3	96.5	107.87	83.63	99.36
2019-10	84.59	102.11	110.65	84.14	100.94
2019-09	82.14	102.68	110.61	85.52	100.11
2019-08	87.07	99.2	101.28	93.53	98.9
2019-07	85.44	102.68	112.64	89.4	99.12
2019-06	87.9	104.86	110.92	85.12	100.57
2019-05	83.1	106.13	106.09	86.24	103.16
2019-04	88.78	101.39	107.31	87.29	103.19
2019-03	93.3	103.55	107.01	90.64	102.43
2019-02	88.98	107.87	107.82	89.18	104.76
2019-01	90.21	110.67	109.6	87.95	103.89
2018-12	90.46	105.81	109.04	90.46	101.32
2018-11	93.18	98.65	107.47	96.83	102.11
2018-10	94.64	100.58	107.19	95.44	103.18
2018-09	94.08	101.09	107.01	91.17	102.43
2018-08	93.6	101.69	111.49	85.5	106.23
2018-07	93.77	96.02	108.13	92.08	106.16
2018-06	93.19	104.33	108.74	89.77	102.2
2018-05	93.01	104.75	107.76	92.92	102.53
2018-04	91.25	105.15	109.3	92.29	98.84
2018-03	88.84	102.83	109.68	92.91	101.57
2018-02	94.51	100.99	107.65	93.02	97.69
2018-01	95.63	104.48	106.99	96.45	103.26
2017-12	98.96	102.03	109.15	102.08	108.98
2017-11	95.62	110.75	108.48	90.63	104.86
2017-10	98.01	109.54	107.54	92.94	103.95
2017-09	96.13	107.58	106.84	95.7	104.57
2017-08	97.06	108.52	109.17	99.21	106.7
2017-07	96.34	109.19	107.59	97.14	101.13
2017-06	96.28	108.7	103.03	96.52	105.92
2017-05	96.61	109.07	108.73	97.05	102.47
2017-04	97.5	104.8	107.44	105.08	103.89
2017-03	96.27	110.88	106.29	96.69	99.6
2017-02	94.35	101.92	104.85	97.4	103.03
2017-01	94.68	102.48	104.16	96.67	101.56
2016-12	94.38	111.3	105.92	91.41	96.8
2016-11	94.61	102.73	104.32	102.57	101.57
2016-10	93.41	95.71	103.64	96.53	100.94
2016-09	89.35	100.63	99.9	94.8	102.56
2016-08	97.58	101.9	103.09	98.99	91.16
2016-07	95.67	99.79	100.54	93.25	100.39
2016-06	97.68	84.1	101.81	98.09	100.19
2016-05	96.92	92.1	99.32	95.94	98.6
2016-04	96.3	103.5	98.69	97.55	98.89
2016-03	97.41	101.05	98.04	97.82	98.25
2016-02	101.17	105.07	100.82	100.84	97.54
2016-01	99.38	104.36	101.71	96.6	97.62
2015-12	102.39	104.55	100.35	100.64	98.28
2015-11	99.1	101.03	101.46	97.69	99.47
2015-10	95.34	99.74	101.86	96.78	99.83
2015-09	100.31	96.45	101.68	101.89	98.91
2015-08	100.89	100.7	102.11	97.11	101.8
2015-07	99.22	101.18	100.49	92.49	99.58
2015-06	100.18	101.61	100.5	104.69	98.88
2015-05	100.86	102.77	99.89	103.95	102.32
2015-04	98.07	97.53	98.8	98.3	101.38
2015-03	99.71	96.72	99.99	102.82	99.89
2015-02	101.7	98.58	96.49	99.74	100.67
2015-01	102.23	99.14	96.39	103.91	98.99

graphiqueMonthly industrial production index in five energy-intensive industries

The evolution of the February 2023 manufacturing index is unrevised

The evolution of the manufacturing index between January and February 2023 is unchanged at +1.3% (after rounding), and the evolution of the index for the whole industry is revised upwards by 0.2 points (after rounding) at +1.4% instead of +1.2%.

The evolution of the manufacturing index between December 2022 and January 2023 is revised downwards by 0.3 points (after rounding) at ‑1.8% instead of ‑1.5%, and the evolution of the index for the whole industry is revised downwards by 0.6 points (after rounding) at ‑2.0% instead of ‑1.4%, due to raw data revisions in energy and pharmacy.

tableauRevision of variations

(in percentage point)

Revision of variations ((in percentage point))
	Feb. 2023 / Jan. 2023	Jan. 2023 / Dec. 2022	Dec. 2022 / Nov. 2022	Q4 2022 / Q3 2022	2022 / 2021
Industry (BE)	0.28	-0.62	0.00	-0.07	0.00
raw serie	0.33	-0.56	-0.05	-0.05	-0.01
SA-WDA parameters	-0.05	-0.06	0.05	-0.02	0.01
Manufacturing (CZ)	-0.03	-0.37	0.00	-0.09	0.00
raw serie	-0.05	-0.23	-0.06	-0.06	-0.01
SA-WDA parameters	0.02	-0.14	0.06	-0.03	0.01

How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA-WDA variation between January and February 2023 is revised by -0.03 points, -0.05 points are due to the revision of the raw series and +0.02 points to the updating of the SA-WDA parameters.
Sources: INSEE, SSP, SDES.

For more information

The methodology of the industrial production index is explained in « Industrial Production Index with Base Year 2015 », Insee Méthodes n^o 133 – July 2019 (link at the bottom of this page).

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