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Industrial Production Index, April 2017:

Industrial production decreased in April

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-06-07 9.30

Industrial production decreased by 2.4 percent in April compared with March in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with April 2016, industrial production increased by 0.8 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

Among the industry sub-sectors, the largest decrease was in the industry for motor vehicles compared with the previous month, while the largest increase was in the industry for printing. In the last three months, February to April 2017, industrial production increased by 1.3 percent compared with the previous three months, November 2016 to January 2017, in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, industrial production increased by 0.8 percent in calendar adjusted figures. The strongest increase came from the industry for non-metallic mineral products while the largest decrease was seen in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

The figures for April 2017 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the change in industrial production in March compared with February has been revised downwards by 0.3 percentage points to a development of 0.0 percent. The change in production in March compared with the corresponding month in the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.2 percentage points to an increase of 3.6 percent.

It is relevant to analyse the seasonal and calendar adjustments for a better understanding of the statistics.

Percent changes in industrial production volume
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLEApr / Mar 2017[1]Feb - Apr 2017 / Nov 2016 - Jan 2017 [1]Apr 2017 / Apr 2016 [2]Cumulative annual growth Apr 2017Share of value added 2016
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
‑2.4 1.3 0.8 3.2 100.0
-
Intermediate goods industry
‑0.6 1.6 5.2 5.0 38.3
-
Energy excl. section D
‑5.1 ‑4.1 ‑2.8 1.0 2.2
-
Capital goods industry
‑1.3 3.7 6.7 5.1 38.8
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
‑0.5 1.3 ‑15.7 ‑3.0 18.2
-
Durable consumer goods industry
‑12.7 ‑2.0 ‑12.2 ‑4.7 2.5
B
Mines and quarries
‑1.2 ‑0.1 10.2 9.1 2.7
C
Manufacturing industry
‑2.2 1.4 0.4 3.0 97.3
10-12
Food product, beverage and tobacco industry
4.9 2.0 3.4 ‑1.6 6.9
13-15
Industry for textile and leather products
‑0.8 0.1 3.5 3.6 0.8
16
Industry for wood and wood products
2.1 1.8 5.7 5.2 4.1
17
Industry for pulp, paper and paper products
‑1.0 1.0 5.3 5.3 6.3
18
Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media
18.5 3.8 9.5 ‑2.0 1.1
19
Industry for coke and refined petroleum products
‑4.9 ‑4.1 ‑2.6 1.0 2.2
20-21
Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products
‑4.0 1.6 ‑20.9 ‑1.1 13.3
22
Industry for rubber and plastic products
1.2 1.9 3.0 2.0 2.5
23
Industry for other non-metallic mineral products
1.1 5.0 13.7 17.2 2.5
24
Industry for basic metals
‑3.5 ‑5.2 ‑0.3 1.4 5.4
25
Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
7.7 6.3 12.6 4.8 8.5
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
2.3 ‑1.8 1.6 ‑3.8 4.3
27
Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment
‑2.0 ‑0.7 5.4 5.1 3.2
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
‑1.8 4.3 8.8 2.1 11.8
29
Industry for motor vehicles
‑8.4 2.6 0.6 9.0 14.0
30
Industry for other transport equipment
5.1 4.2 8.1 ‑0.7 3.9
31-33
Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery amd equipment
0.9 1.6 5.2 3.9 6.2

1) Calendar and seasonal adjusted figures. 2) Calendar adjusted figures.

Definitions and explanations

Other information

Development of Index of Service Production 

Revisions

When the Industrial Production Index for a new month is published, the indices for previous months are also revised. The material is normally revised for two to 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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For international comparisons, please refer to Eurostat

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