Industry - April 2015

Industrial production, year-on-year: +4.3%

08.06.2015
Code: 150153-15
 

In April 2015, industrial production increased at constant prices by 4.3%, year-on-year. Compared to the previous month, seasonally adjusted industrial production was higher by 0.8%. The value of new orders increased by 6.1%, y-o-y.

In April 2015, industrial production increased at constant prices by 4.3%, y-o-y. Seasonally adjusted industrial production was higher by 0.8%, m-o-m. The following contributed the most to the y-o-y increase of industrial production: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +1.5 p.p., growth by 8.3%), manufacture of rubber and plastic products (contribution +0.8 p.p., growth by 12.3%), and manufacture of fabric metal products (contribution +0.7 p.p., growth by 8.1%). Industrial production decreased in mining and quarrying (contribution -0.4 p.p., drop by 10.6%), manufacture of beverages (contribution -0.2 p.p., drop by 9.4%), and manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (contribution -0.1 p.p., drop by 5.4%).

Sales from industrial activity at current prices increased by 3.8%, y-o-y, in April 2015. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 5.7%. Domestic sales, which include also indirect export via non-industrial enterprises increased by 1.6% at current prices.  

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 6.1%, y-o-y, in April 2015. Non-domestic new orders increased by 4.8%, while domestic new orders increased by 8.7%. The y-o-y growth of new orders in total was the most contributed to by the following CZ-NACE divisions: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +2.2 p.p., growth by 5.9%), manufacture of electrical equipment (contribution +1.1 p.p., growth by 11.1%), and manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution +0.9 p.p., growth by 7.4%). New orders decreased only in manufacture of basic metals (contribution -0.2 p.p., drop by 2.5%).

 The average registered number of employees*) in industrial enterprises with 50+ employees increased in April 2015 by 3.3%, y-o-y. Their average monthly nominal gross wage increased in April 2015 by 3.4%, y-o-y, and reached CZK 28 349.

 According to the Eurostat news release working day adjusted industrial production in the EU28 in March 2015 increased by 2.0%, y-o-y. According to a preliminary time schedule, data for April 2015 will be released by Eurostat on 12 June 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

 

 

Notes:

 *) The registered number of employees indicator does not include persons working under various contracts for work, working owners of enterprises, and cooperating household members, who do not have contracts of employment. Data on the registered number of employees in industry also exclude agency workers, who have contracts of employment within activities of services (CZ-NACE 78.2). In compliance with the CZSO revision policy, data for January to March 2015 and for the year 2014 were revised together with data processing for April 2015.

 

 

Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, phone number: (+420) 274 052 894, e-mail: radek.matejka@czso.cz
Contact person: Veronika Doležalová, phone number (+420) 274 054 286, e-mail: veronika.dolezalova@czso.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (Prům 1-12)
End of data collection: 2 June 2015
Related outputs: time series https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/pru_ts 
Next News Release will be published on: 7 July 2015

 

 

  •      apru060815.docx
  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Industrial production (year-on-year indices)
  • Table 2 Sales and new orders in industry (year-on-year indices)
  • Graph 1 Industrial production (changes on base year)
  • Graph 2 Industrial production (year-on-year changes)
  • Graph 3 Industrial production index – international comparison
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Published: 08.06.2015
The data are valid as of the release date of the publication.


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