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

Manufacturing production declined by 1,3% in November 2014 compared with November 2013.

  • The 1,3% year-on-year decrease in manufacturing production in November 2014 was mainly due to lower production in the following divisions:
    motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment (-9,1% and contributing -0,9 of a percentage point);
  • food and beverages (-1,7% and contributing -0,4 of a percentage point); and
  • glass and non-metallic mineral products (-6,8% and contributing  0,3 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production increased by 4,1% in the three months ended November 2014 compared with the previous three months. All ten manufacturing divisions reported positive growth rates over this period.

The main contributors to the 4,1% increase were the motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment division (16,7% and contributing 1,4 percentage points) and the basic iron and steel, non-ferrous metal products, metal products and machinery division (5,5% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).