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Orders and turnover in industry, September 2021

Orders in industry decreased in September

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-11-09 9.30

Total orders in industry decreased by 2.0 percent in September 2021 compared with August, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with September 2020, total orders in industry increased by 0.9 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

A majority of the industrial subsectors recorded a positive development on a monthly basis, despite a negative monthly development for total orders. The largest increase was noted in the industry for fabricated metal products, up by 17.5 percent. Total orders in industry decreased on both the domestic and the export market compared with August. The domestic market decreased by 0.9 percent and the export market decreased by 1.3 percent, in seasonally adjusted figures.

Total orders in industry increased on an annual basis

The COVID-19 outbreak started to significantly impact orders in industry in March 2020, which should be taken into account when comparing annual development statistics.

On an annual basis, total orders in industry increased by 0.9 percent compared with September 2020, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 2.7 percent and orders received from customers abroad decreased by 0.4 percent.

Total orders in industry in August have been revised

The figures for September are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted monthly development in August compared with July has been revised downwards by 0.5 percentage points to -2.9 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in August compared with August of the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.1 percentage point to 2.2 percent.
For a more comprehensive understanding of the statistics, it is relevant to analyse the effects of seasonal and calendar adjustments on the statistics.

Percentage changes in orders
NACE 2007 INDUSTRY TITLE Sep 2021/
Aug 2021[1]
Jan-Sep 2021/
Jan-Sep 2020[2]
Sep 2021/
Sep 2020[2]
Share of orders in total industry 2020
    Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp  
B+C Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry ‑2.0 ‑0.9 ‑1.3 13.7 7.0 18.5 0.9 2.7 ‑0.4 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry 4.0 8.7 ‑1.0 10.6 7.7 13.1 0.3 2.8 ‑2.0 43.1
- Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D 4.8 .. .. 2.7 .. .. 11.6 .. .. 4.2
- Capital goods industry ‑13.6 ‑28.4 ‑5.6 24.2 16.8 27.5 ‑5.7 ‑0.2 ‑8.1 33.5
- Non-durable consumer goods industry 5.5 2.8 2.0 3.0 0.3 6.1 17.6 9.4 27.2 17.4
- Durable consumer goods industry 6.7 .. .. 12.1 .. .. 0.6 .. .. 1.9
B Mines and quarries ‑2.2 4.0 ‑10.1 ‑4.1 ‑1.8 ‑5.7 ‑17.8 ‑11.6 ‑24.8 3.2
C Manufacturing industry ‑1.3 ‑1.0 ‑0.9 14.3 7.3 19.3 1.5 3.3 0.4 96.8
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry 3.6 2.0 ‑0.9 1.0 ‑0.1 5.1 6.4 10.2 ‑5.1 10.1
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products 2.1 11.2 ‑8.5 14.3 20.1 9.8 ‑3.6 14.9 ‑18.1 0.7
16 Industry for wood and wood products 4.8 6.3 5.0 ‑1.8 5.1 ‑15.2 ‑9.9 ‑2.9 ‑24.7 5.7
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products 2.0 9.9 0.6 10.2 4.3 11.6 10.6 6.5 11.6 6.5
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media 2.7 13.4 ‑13.0 ‑1.9 4.9 ‑30.4 ‑1.5 6.4 ‑39.3 0.9
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products 4.8 .. .. 2.7 .. .. 11.6 .. .. 4.2
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products 0.5 4.5 ‑1.0 9.0 3.7 10.1 24.3 5.1 28.4 9.9
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products 15.8 5.8 23.2 10.6 5.8 15.6 9.8 3.3 17.0 2.6
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products 10.9 10.9 1.0 2.8 1.9 5.2 ‑0.1 ‑0.5 2.4 2.7
24 Industry for basic metals 7.2 10.4 ‑0.6 13.7 11.7 14.7 ‑10.7 ‑3.2 ‑13.8 8.7
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 17.5 21.7 24.5 10.7 14.9 2.8 1.5 19.1 ‑22.3 7.4
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products ‑34.0 9.9 ‑40.4 53.3 26.6 61.7 32.6 40.9 30.6 2.4
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment ‑1.9 5.0 ‑6.5 28.4 ‑3.9 53.1 7.4 ‑1.2 14.4 3.5
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. 7.8 13.7 11.7 24.6 18.8 26.8 22.3 24.9 21.7 10.9
29 Industry for motor vehicles ‑4.9 ‑31.3 ‑6.4 27.5 16.3 30.8 ‑26.7 ‑37.5 ‑22.4 14.2
30 Industry for other transport equipment ‑69.0 ‑83.7 ‑4.4 35.8 58.5 11.6 ‑4.3 89.0 ‑63.8 1.7
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment 3.2 2.8 1.7 0.2 1.5 ‑2.3 ‑5.7 2.6 ‑18.1 4.7

1) Calendar and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calendar adjusted figures 3) Data marked with .. includes classified information or missing data

Definitions and explanations

Revisions

When the orders index and the turnover index for a new month are published, the indices for previous months are also revised. The material is normally revised for between two and four months retroactively, depending on which month of the quarter is the reference month. The whole previous quarter is revised when publishing the first and second months of a quarter. Calendar adjusted figures, seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures are revised from January 2000 onwards.

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