Business inventories, Q3 2022
Business inventories increased in the third quarter of 2022
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2022-11-18 8.00
Swedish business inventories increased by SEK 18.1 billion in constant prices in the third quarter. This development corresponds to an increase of 3.3 percent in volume.
Total inventories in industry increased by SEK 6.0 billion in the third quarter, which corresponds to an increase of 2.3 percent in volume. Inventories in trade increased by SEK 12.2 billion in the third quarter, which corresponds to an increase of 4.1 percent in volume.
Industrial inventories increased
Inventories of products in progress, finished goods and goods for resale decreased by SEK 0.2 billion and inventories of raw materials and consumables increased by SEK 6.2 billion. This means that total inventories in industry increased by SEK 6.0 billion in the third quarter.
Trade inventories increased
Inventories in trade increased by SEK 12.2 billion in the third quarter. The largest increase was noted in wholesale trade, excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles, in which inventories increased by SEK 6.7 billion. Inventories in wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased by SEK 2.8 billion, while retail trade, excluding motor vehicles increased by SEK 2.7 billion.
Revisions
The figures for the third quarter 2022 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the development in total industrial inventories in the second quarter 2022 has been revised upwards by SEK 2.8 billion to an increase of SEK 4.1 billion. Total trade inventories in the second quarter 2022 have been revised upwards by SEK 0.9 billion to an increase of SEK 3.2 billion.
NACE Rev 2 | INDUSTRY TITLE | Changes in total business inventories (2010 prices) | |||
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Q3 2022 | Q2 2022 | Q3 2021 | |||
Million SEK | Million SEK | Million SEK | |||
B+C+G | Mines and quarries, manufacturing industry and wholesale and retail trade | 18 133.7 | 7 267.8 | ‑2 317.2 | |
B+C | Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry | 5 977.2 | 4 071.3 | ‑5 056.8 | |
- | Intermediate goods industry | 9 406.6 | ‑1 832.4 | ‑3 267.6 | |
- | Energy excl. NACE section D | .. | .. | .. | |
- | Capital goods industry | ‑2 902.3 | 6 273.1 | 487.1 | |
- | Non-durable consumer goods industry | ‑1.6 | 193.4 | ‑1 364.9 | |
- | Durable consumer goods industry | .. | .. | .. | |
B | Mines and quarries | ‑241.9 | ‑544.6 | ‑1 393.9 | |
C | Manufacturing industry | 6 219.1 | 4 615.9 | ‑3 662.9 | |
10-12 | Food product, beverage and tobacco industry | 340.5 | ‑1 157.8 | 39.8 | |
13-15 | Industry for textile and leather products | 25.2 | 17.1 | ‑161.2 | |
16 | Industry for wood and wood products | 1 255.3 | ‑879.6 | ‑1 042.8 | |
17 | Industry for pulp, paper and paper products | 817.2 | ‑236.8 | 22.4 | |
18 | Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media | ‑24.9 | 9.6 | 108.8 | |
19 | Industry for coke and refined petroleum products | .. | .. | .. | |
20 | Industry for chemicals | ‑46.6 | ‑827.7 | ‑238.5 | |
21 | Industry for basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations | .. | .. | .. | |
22 | Industry for rubber and plastic products | ‑63.9 | ‑125.9 | 81.9 | |
23 | Industry for other non-metallic mineral products | .. | .. | ‑275.6 | |
24 | Industry for basic metals | 6 367.1 | 631.3 | 180.6 | |
25 | Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 539.5 | ‑64.5 | ‑494.3 | |
26 | Industry for computer, electronic and optical products | ‑924.4 | 1 136.6 | 1 262.4 | |
27 | Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment | 527.0 | 624.4 | ‑518.9 | |
28 | Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 687.1 | 2 281.4 | ‑1 055.1 | |
29 | Industry for motor vehicles | .. | .. | .. | |
30 | Industry for other transport equipment | .. | .. | .. | |
31-33 | Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment | ‑530.5 | 385.4 | 444.0 | |
G | Wholesale and retail trade | 12 156.5 | 3 196.5 | 2 739.7 | |
45 | Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 2 799.9 | ‑471.1 | ‑3 505.6 | |
46 | Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 6 651.9 | 4 554.9 | 4 518.6 | |
47 | Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 2 704.8 | ‑887.3 | 1 726.7 |
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