IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Manufacturing: Production and sales
Preliminary: April 2017

• Manufacturing production decreased by 4,1% in April 2017 compared with April 2016. This decrease was mainly due to lower production in the following divisions: petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products (-6,9% and contributing -1,7 percentage points);
• motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment (-17,7% and contributing -1,4 percentage points);
• glass and non-metallic mineral products (-10,9% and contributing -0,4 of a percentage point);
• electrical machinery (-16,8% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point); and
• furniture and 'other' manufacturing (-13,6% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production increased by 2,3% in April 2017 compared with March 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,4% in March 2017 and -0,4% in February 2017.

Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production decreased by 0,3% in the three months ended April 2017 compared with the previous three months. Four of the ten manufacturing divisions reported negative growth rates over this period.

The largest contributors to the 0,3% decrease were the petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products division (-2,8% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point) and the food and beverages division (1,5% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point)