IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Manufacturing: Production and sales
Preliminary: January 2013

Manufacturing production increased by 3,9% in January 2013 compared with January 2012.

The 3,9% year-on-year increase in manufacturing production in January 2013 was due to higher production in the following divisions:

• petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products (11,1% and contributing 2,8 percentage points);
• motor vehicles, parts and accessories and `other` transport equipment (9,0% and contributing 1,0 percentage point); and
• food and beverages (4,9% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).

However, these increases were partially counteracted by a number of decreases and mainly by:

• the basic iron and steel, non-ferrous metal products, metal products and machinery division (-2,7% and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production for the three months ended January 2013 increased by 1,8% compared with the previous three months ended October 2012. Five of the ten manufacturing divisions reported positive growth rates over this period.

The largest contributions to the increase of 1,8% were made by the following divisions:

• petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products (5,2% and contributing 1,3 percentage points);
• motor vehicles, parts and accessories and `other` transport equipment (4,8% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point);
• food and beverages (2,1% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point); and
• glass and non-metallic mineral products (3,5% and contributing 0,1 of a percentage point).