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Orders and turnover in industry, May 2017:

Orders to industry increased in May

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-07-05 9.30

Total orders to industry increased by 1.3 percent in May 2017 compared with April, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with May 2016, orders to industry increased by 7.6 percent, in calendar adjusted figures.

A majority of the industrial sub-sectors showed a positive monthly development, in seasonally adjusted figures. The industry of refined petroleum products had the largest increase in orders, with an increase of 19.6 percent compared with April 2017. The development in total orders to industry was negative in the domestic market and positive in the export market. Compared with April 2017, the domestic market decreased by 0.1 percent, while the export market increased by 2.4 percent, both in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, total orders to industry increased by 7.6 percent compared with May 2016, in calendar adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 6.7 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 8.1 percent.

During the period January–May, orders to industry across both markets have been 7.2 percent higher than in the corresponding period in 2016, in calendar adjusted figures. The domestic market increased by 6.6 percent and the export market increased by 7.6 percent.

The figures for May are preliminary. Since the previous publication, seasonally adjusted monthly developments in April have been revised up by 0.6 percentage points to a monthly decrease of 3.4 percent, compared with March. The calendar adjusted development in April has been revised up by 0.9 percentage points to a monthly increase of 5.3 percent, compared with April 2016.

For a more comprehensive understanding of the statistics, it is relevant to analyse the seasonal and calendar adjustment’s effects on the statistics.

Percent changes in orders

NACE 2007

INDUSTRY TITLE

May 2017/Apr 2017[1]

Jan-May 2017/Jan-May 2016 [2]

May 2017/May 2016 [2]

Share of orders in total industry 2010
    Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
1.3 ‑0.1 2.4 7.2 6.6 7.6 7.6 6.7 8.1 100.0
-
Intermediate goods industry
‑1.3 ‑3.0 0.1 4.5 7.8 2.0 3.3 6.9 0.3 39.0
-
Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D
19.6 14.2 9.2 7.1 ‑0.5 15.9 13.1 2.5 29.9 2.0
-
Capital goods industry
1.0 ‑3.2 4.6 14.4 12.5 15.5 14.9 11.5 16.8 36.0
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
0.8 ‑0.4 2.2 ‑0.1 0.4 ‑0.9 2.7 2.6 2.8 20.0
-
Durable consumer goods industry
2.5 4.5 ‑1.6 ‑5.2 ‑2.5 ‑9.3 ‑1.9 2.5 ‑9.5 2.0
B
Mines and quarries
8.2 5.0 14.1 5.6 7.2 3.9 14.3 22.5 6.6 2.8
C
Manufacturing industry
1.4 ‑0.4 4.4 7.2 6.6 7.9 7.4 6.3 8.3 97.2
10-12
Food product, beverage and tobacco industry
‑1.8 ‑1.9 3.9 0.3 0.7 ‑2.0 3.5 3.1 4.7 9.8
13-15
Industry for textile and leather products
‑3.0 ‑6.7 ‑3.0 1.8 12.1 ‑7.1 0.8 14.0 ‑12.5 0.5
16
Industry for wood and wood products
1.5 3.0 ‑1.6 4.0 5.5 0.6 4.8 9.6 ‑5.5 4.3
17
Industry for pulp, paper and paper products
0.5 ‑0.1 1.2 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.8 0.4 5.8 7.8
18
Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media
‑3.9 3.8 ‑42.0 0.7 ‑3.3 86.7 5.6 0.4 125.3 1.3
19
Industry for coke and refined petroleum products
19.6 14.2 9.2 7.1 ‑0.5 15.9 13.1 2.5 29.9 5.4
20-21
Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products
6.1 1.7 8.7 3.0 2.3 3.2 0.1 2.9 ‑0.7 8.0
22
Industry for rubber and plastic products
0.2 0.9 2.7 3.0 3.8 2.2 9.3 11.3 7.0 2.4
23
Industry for other non-metallic mineral products
‑8.6 ‑9.4 ‑2.1 13.8 17.8 ‑5.1 7.4 8.2 3.3 2.2
24
Industry for basic metals
‑0.9 ‑4.7 1.1 5.9 6.5 5.6 4.6 2.5 5.5 8.7
25
Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
‑6.9 ‑2.7 ‑2.9 3.4 10.5 ‑9.5 ‑6.6 ‑10.5 3.6 6.6
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
9.0 29.1 ‑2.5 8.4 ‑0.4 12.4 22.6 22.5 23.9 7.5
27
Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment
‑17.7 ‑22.1 ‑15.8 ‑0.1 23.8 ‑12.0 ‑17.2 ‑8.0 ‑24.2 4.1
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
1.1 ‑2.3 0.2 13.1 4.8 16.8 7.9 ‑0.3 11.9 10.8
29
Industry for motor vehicles
5.5 9.3 7.9 21.8 2.8 29.2 29.1 30.1 28.9 11.8
30
Industry for other transport equipment
0.8 1.5 ‑11.5 ‑7.4 97.1 ‑44.3 18.8 173.3 ‑44.1 1.6
31-33
Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment
‑1.8 ‑1.5 ‑2.6 0.4 1.0 ‑1.1 ‑1.0 2.1 ‑7.6 4.4

1) Calendar and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calendar adjusted figures

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 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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