Industry - November 2018

Industry continued to grow

08.01.2019
Code: 150153-18
 

In November 2018, working days adjusted industrial production increased at constant prices by 1.5%, year-on-year (y-o-y); non-adjusted industrial production increased by 4.8%. Seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.9%, month-on-month (m-o-m). The value of new orders increased by 5.3%, y-o-y.

In November 2018, seasonally adjusted industrial production (including adjustment for working days) increased at constant prices by 0.9%, m-o-m. In the year-on-year comparison, working days adjusted industrial production increased by 1.5%; non-adjusted industrial production increased by 4.8%. November 2018 had one working day more compared to November 2017. The following economic activities contributed the most to the y-o-y growth of industrial production: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +1.9 p. p., growth by 10.2%), manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +0.8 p. p., growth +48.3%), and manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (contribution +0.6 p. p., growth +17.8%). Industrial production decreased in the following economic activities: manufacture of rubber and plastic products (contribution −0.4 p. p., drop by 5.0%), manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (contribution −0.2 p. p., drop by 5.1%), and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (contribution −0.1 p. p., drop by 0.9%).
 

Sales from industrial activity at current prices increased by 9.1%, y-o-y, in November 2018. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 10.1%. Domestic sales, which include also indirect export via non-industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 7.8%. 

The value of new orders in surveyed industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 5.3%, y-o-y, in November 2018. Non-domestic new orders increased by 3.2%, while domestic new orders increased by 9.7%. The y-o-y increase of new orders in total was the most contributed to by the following CZ-NACE divisions: manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (contribution +1.4 p. p., growth by 13.6%), manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +1.1 p. p., growth by 63.1%), and manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution +0.9 p. p., growth by 8.4%). New orders decreased only in manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution −0.5 p. p., drop by 1.5%).

The average registered number of employees*) in enterprises with 50+ employees in industry increased in November 2018 by 0.6%, y-o-y. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased in November 2018 by 7.1%, y-o-y, and reached CZK 39 362.

According to the Eurostat news release, working days adjusted industrial production in the EU28 in October 2018 increased by 1.3%, y-o-y. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for November 2018 on 14 January 2019.

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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. The piece of data on the registered number of employees in industry also excludes agency workers, who have contracts of employment within economic activities of services (CZ-NACE 78.2).

Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, Director of the Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department,
phone number: (+420) 274 052 894,
e-mail: radek.matejka@czso.cz
Contact person: Iveta Danišová, Head of Industrial Statistics Unit,
phone number (+420) 274 054 191,
e-mail: iveta.danisova@czso.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (Prům 1-12)
End of data collection: 3 January 2019
Related outputs: time series
https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/pru_ts
Next News Release will be published on: 6 February 2019

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  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Industrial production (year-on-year indices – IPI, not seasonally adjusted)
  • Table 2 Sales and new orders in industry (year-on-year indices)
  • Chart 1 Industrial production (base indices)
  • Chart 2 Industrial production (year-on-year indices)
  • Chart 3 Industrial production index – international comparison (base indices, seasonally adjusted)
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Published: 08.01.2019
The data are valid as of the release date of the publication.


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