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Orders and turnover in industry, July 2018:

Orders to industry increased in July

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-09-05 9.30

Total orders to industry increased by 9.8 percent in July 2018 compared with June, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with July 2017, total orders to industry increased by 9.4 percent, in calendar adjusted figures.

A majority of industrial subdivisions had a positive monthly development in seasonally adjusted figures. The largest increase was in the motor vehicles industry, which increased by 58.1 percent compared with June. The monthly change in total orders was positive in both the domestic and the export markets. Compared with June, the domestic market increased by 6.7 percent and the export market increased by 11.5 percent, both in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, total orders to industry increased by 9.4 percent compared with July 2017, in calendar adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 5.4 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 12.2 percent.

The figures for July are preliminary. Since the previous publication, seasonally adjusted monthly developments in June compared with May have been revised up by 0.7 percentage points to a monthly development of -5.1 percent. Calendar adjusted developments in June compared with June of the previous year have been revised up by 1.2 percentage points to an annual development of -2.3 percent.

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

Percent changes in orders
NACE 2007 INDUSTRY TITLE July 2018/ June 2018[1] Jan-July 2018/ Jan-July 2017 [2] July 2018/ July 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 9.8 6.7 11.5 2.1 1.7 2.4 9.4 5.4 12.2 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry 0.5 2.3 2.5 1.3 1.7 1.0 0.9 ‑1.9 2.4 41.1
- Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D 8.2 ‑2.0 14.4 3.7 4.0 3.2 ‑1.1 ‑3.2 0.1 6.3
- Capital goods industry 35.0 29.7 33.5 3.0 2.9 3.1 26.4 23.4 28.4 34.8
- Non-durable consumer goods industry ‑5.2 2.0 ‑17.9 1.7 ‑0.1 5.1 0.6 1.8 0.3 15.8
- Durable consumer goods industry 2.1 2.7 2.5 ‑1.7 ‑1.5 ‑2.1 2.0 ‑2.1 7.0 2.0
B Mines and quarries ‑4.5 ‑3.7 ‑3.6 1.3 4.7 ‑2.5 ‑13.0 ‑12.6 ‑13.9 2.8
C Manufacturing industry 12.5 6.5 10.1 2.1 1.6 2.3 10.1 5.9 12.6 97.2
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry 1.1 2.4 ‑2.9 0.8 ‑0.3 5.7 1.4 2.2 ‑2.6 9.8
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products ‑9.2 ‑6.1 ‑8.1 ‑3.3 ‑6.8 0.1 ‑15.7 ‑24.8 ‑6.9 0.5
16 Industry for wood and wood products ‑3.9 ‑2.4 ‑6.2 ‑0.9 ‑1.6 0.5 ‑5.0 ‑7.5 ‑1.0 4.3
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products ‑3.0 ‑2.1 ‑4.2 ‑1.2 ‑1.8 ‑1.1 ‑2.3 1.7 ‑2.9 7.8
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media 8.7 1.8 21.9 11.4 2.8 83.8 21.1 ‑0.3 151.6 1.3
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products 8.2 ‑2.0 14.4 3.7 4.0 3.2 ‑1.1 ‑3.2 0.1 5.4
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products ‑12.4 0.2 ‑14.8 3.1 ‑0.8 4.0 0.2 ‑2.0 1.0 8.0
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products ‑1.0 ‑0.5 0.1 1.7 4.0 ‑0.7 ‑7.0 ‑8.8 ‑5.8 2.4
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products ‑0.5 0.5 ‑3.6 ‑3.8 ‑3.8 ‑3.8 4.6 8.1 ‑13.0 2.2
24 Industry for basic metals 1.5 40.4 ‑3.3 4.6 5.7 4.2 ‑2.2 24.6 ‑9.7 8.7
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 2.4 2.4 4.0 ‑3.3 ‑5.5 1.4 ‑7.8 ‑13.2 2.0 6.6
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 15.5 9.2 21.5 ‑10.6 ‑8.9 ‑11.9 ‑1.4 8.9 ‑6.5 7.5
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment 32.3 ‑0.6 76.5 2.9 7.7 ‑0.7 56.2 ‑12.0 98.0 4.1
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. 18.2 123.0 ‑6.6 13.0 27.7 7.3 35.1 128.5 2.8 10.8
29 Industry for motor vehicles 58.1 0.0 68.8 2.4 13.4 ‑0.9 38.9 ‑9.4 52.6 11.8
30 Industry for other transport equipment ‑2.5 ‑10.8 9.0 ‑4.8 ‑48.1 57.1 ‑19.8 ‑53.3 47.9 1.6
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment ‑1.2 0.5 ‑3.9 ‑0.7 2.5 ‑7.0 ‑3.5 ‑3.4 ‑2.8 4.4

1) Calender and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calender 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 and 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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