Key findings: P3041.2 - Manufacturing: Production and sales, April 2014

Manufacturing production decreased by 1,5% in April 2014 compared with April 2013.

The 1,5% year-on-year decrease in manufacturing production in April 2014 was mainly due to lower production in the following divisions:

  • motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment (-13,2% and contributing -1,3 percentage points); and
  • petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products (-5,3% and contributing -1,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production decreased by 1,8% in the three months ended April 2014 compared with the previous three months. Six of the ten manufacturing divisions reported negative growth rates over this period.

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

  • petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products (-5,2% and contributing -1,2 percentage points); and
  • motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment (-7,4% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).