Order and turnover in industry, April 2018:
Orders to industry increased in April
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-06-05 9.30
Total orders to industry increased by 2.6 percent in April 2018 compared with March, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with April 2017, total orders to industry increased by 3.2 percent, in calendar adjusted figures.
A majority of industrial subdivisions showed negative monthly developments in seasonally adjusted figures. The largest decrease was shown by the chemical and pharmaceutical industry aggregate, which decreased by 13.0 percent compared to March. The monthly change in total orders was negative in the domestic market and positive in the export market. Compared to March, the domestic market declined by 1.7 percent while the export market increased by 5.3 percent, both in seasonally adjusted terms.
On an annual basis, total orders to industry increased by 3.2 percent compared with April 2017, in calendar adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden decreased by 1.9 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 7.6 percent.
The figures for April are preliminary. Since the previous publication, seasonally adjusted monthly developments in March compared to February have been revised up by 0.1 percentage points to a monthly development of -1.6 percent. The calendar-adjusted developments in March compared with March in the previous year have been revised down by 1.3 percentage points to an annual development of -3.2 percent.
For a more comprehensive understanding of the statistics, it is relevant to analyse the seasonal and calendar adjustments’ effects on the statistics.
| NACE 2007 | INDUSTRY TITLE | Apr 2018/ Mar 2018[1] | Jan-Apr 2018/ Jan-Apr 2017- [2] | Apr 2018/ Apr 2017 [2] | Share of orders in total industry 2015 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tot | Dom | Exp | Tot | Dom | Exp | Tot | Dom | Exp | |||
| B+C | Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry | 2.6 | ‑1.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.2 | ‑1.9 | 7.6 | 100.0 |
| - | Intermediate goods industry | 0.0 | ‑1.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ‑3.6 | ‑5.6 | ‑1.8 | 41.1 |
| - | Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D | 13.9 | 0.4 | 56.7 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 33.2 | 20.7 | 45.5 | 6.3 |
| - | Capital goods industry | 2.6 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 17.5 | 34.8 |
| - | Non-durable consumer goods industry | ‑5.0 | ‑3.9 | ‑1.4 | 0.1 | ‑0.5 | 1.6 | ‑5.4 | ‑5.2 | ‑3.6 | 15.8 |
| - | Durable consumer goods industry | ‑7.6 | ‑11.5 | ‑0.6 | ‑2.4 | ‑0.6 | ‑5.4 | ‑8.7 | ‑12.1 | ‑3.1 | 2.0 |
| B | Mines and quarries | ‑7.8 | ‑4.5 | ‑10.1 | 7.1 | 15.3 | ‑1.4 | ‑3.3 | 1.9 | ‑9.2 | 2.8 |
| C | Manufacturing industry | 1.9 | ‑1.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.5 | ‑2.2 | 8.4 | 97.2 |
| 10-12 | Food product, beverage and tobacco industry | ‑3.8 | ‑4.8 | ‑4.6 | 0.8 | ‑0.6 | 7.0 | ‑4.9 | ‑6.4 | 1.4 | 9.8 |
| 13-15 | Industry for textile and leather products | ‑1.8 | ‑9.0 | 7.0 | ‑1.9 | ‑3.3 | ‑0.6 | ‑9.4 | ‑20.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
| 16 | Industry for wood and wood products | ‑3.8 | ‑5.6 | ‑1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | ‑4.1 | ‑6.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 17 | Industry for pulp, paper and paper products | 2.9 | 0.3 | 3.0 | ‑0.6 | 3.9 | ‑1.6 | 2.7 | 15.4 | ‑0.1 | 7.8 |
| 18 | Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media | 0.2 | ‑1.0 | 25.4 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 94.0 | ‑4.7 | ‑0.1 | ‑30.3 | 1.3 |
| 19 | Industry for coke and refined petroleum products | 13.9 | 0.4 | 56.7 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 33.2 | 20.7 | 45.5 | 5.4 |
| 20-21 | Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products | ‑13.0 | ‑1.3 | ‑14.9 | 1.2 | ‑0.3 | 1.6 | ‑4.9 | ‑2.8 | ‑5.2 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Industry for rubber and plastic products | ‑3.6 | ‑6.8 | ‑1.8 | 3.8 | 7.4 | ‑0.1 | ‑3.8 | ‑4.0 | ‑4.3 | 2.4 |
| 23 | Industry for other non-metallic mineral products | ‑0.5 | 2.1 | ‑23.2 | ‑10.1 | ‑12.2 | 1.6 | ‑13.6 | ‑13.0 | ‑16.7 | 2.2 |
| 24 | Industry for basic metals | ‑2.0 | 3.5 | ‑2.0 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 5.6 | ‑0.7 | 8.7 |
| 25 | Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 3.8 | ‑2.2 | 11.3 | ‑4.3 | ‑8.2 | 4.2 | ‑5.9 | ‑10.4 | 2.8 | 6.6 |
| 26 | Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | 12.8 | 21.0 | 10.3 | ‑5.4 | 2.8 | ‑9.1 | 1.9 | 9.9 | ‑5.0 | 7.5 |
| 27 | Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment | 10.5 | ‑1.4 | 15.9 | ‑18.3 | ‑12.9 | ‑22.0 | ‑11.7 | ‑28.1 | 5.9 | 4.1 |
| 28 | Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. | ‑3.6 | 2.4 | ‑8.7 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 10.8 |
| 29 | Industry for motor vehicles | 2.6 | ‑8.2 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 18.5 | ‑2.9 | 14.2 | 19.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 30 | Industry for other transport equipment | 84.7 | 8.7 | 98.6 | 3.3 | ‑45.7 | 69.5 | 51.7 | ‑67.4 | 359.7 | 1.6 |
| 31-33 | Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment | ‑0.5 | ‑4.2 | 6.3 | ‑2.3 | 3.5 | ‑13.3 | ‑5.2 | ‑4.6 | ‑5.8 | 4.4 |
1) Calender and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calender adjusted figures
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Revisions
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