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Orders and turnover in industry, August 2018

Orders in industry decreased in August

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-10-05 9.30

Total orders in industry decreased by 4.9 percent in August 2018 compared with July, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with August 2017, total orders in industry increased by 2.0 percent, in calendar adjusted figures.

The monthly change in total orders was negative in both the domestic and the export markets. Compared with July, the domestic market decreased by 2.0 percent and the export market decreased by 5.6 percent, both in seasonally adjusted figures. Despite the decrease, a majority of industrial subdivisions had a positive monthly development in seasonally adjusted figures. The largest increase was in the industry for other transport equipment, which increased by 127.5 percent compared with July.

On an annual basis, total orders in industry increased by 2.0 percent compared with August 2017, in calendar adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 2.3 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 1.8 percent.

The figures for August are preliminary. Since the previous publication, seasonally adjusted monthly developments in July compared with June have been revised up by 0.2 percentage points to a monthly development of 10.0 percent. Calendar adjusted developments in July compared with July of the previous year have been revised down by 1.0 percentage points to an annual development of 8.4 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 2007INDUSTRY TITLEAugust 2018/
July 2018[1]
Jan-August 2018/ Jan-August 2017 [2]August 2018/ August 2017 [2]Share of orders in total industry 2015
  TotDomExpTotDomExpTotDomExp 
B+CMines and quarries and manufacturing industry ‑4.9 ‑2.0 ‑5.6 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.3 1.8 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry ‑1.5 ‑1.3 ‑1.9 0.9 1.5 0.4 ‑1.3 0.6 ‑2.8 41.1
- Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D 5.7 8.8 6.1 3.3 3.6 2.9 1.3 0.9 1.8 6.3
- Capital goods industry ‑14.6 ‑17.1 ‑17.3 3.2 3.9 2.8 3.9 8.5 1.5 34.8
- Non-durable consumer goods industry 2.4 0.0 5.9 2.1 ‑0.2 6.6 5.6 0.1 17.8 15.8
- Durable consumer goods industry 0.8 ‑5.0 4.4 ‑1.2 ‑1.9 ‑0.1 3.4 ‑4.3 15.6 2.0
B Mines and quarries 6.7 3.9 12.7 1.7 3.0 0.3 6.3 ‑5.4 23.3 2.8
C Manufacturing industry ‑6.4 ‑2.6 ‑4.6 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.5 1.3 97.2
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry 0.8 ‑0.3 5.1 0.9 ‑0.4 6.5 1.7 ‑0.3 10.0 9.8
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products 13.4 16.3 4.1 ‑2.7 ‑5.9 0.4 0.6 ‑0.4 1.6 0.5
16 Industry for wood and wood products ‑0.3 1.6 ‑2.9 ‑0.9 ‑1.5 0.2 ‑3.2 ‑2.8 ‑4.1 4.3
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products 1.7 ‑0.9 3.3 ‑1.1 ‑1.7 ‑1.0 ‑0.4 ‑1.5 ‑0.1 7.8
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media ‑22.6 ‑3.1 ‑63.0 8.5 2.5 51.1 ‑9.3 ‑0.2 ‑41.7 1.3
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products 5.7 8.8 6.1 3.3 3.6 2.9 1.3 0.9 1.8 5.4
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products 4.2 ‑3.6 6.1 3.4 ‑2.7 5.0 8.6 ‑11.1 15.0 8.0
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.9 3.8 ‑0.2 2.6 0.9 4.7 2.4
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products ‑2.8 ‑3.0 0.0 ‑3.8 ‑3.6 ‑4.6 ‑1.6 ‑0.1 ‑11.0 2.2
24 Industry for basic metals 0.3 ‑26.2 4.5 3.5 4.7 3.0 ‑2.5 2.1 ‑4.4 8.7
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 2.7 ‑0.7 6.6 ‑1.4 ‑3.8 3.6 13.0 8.5 22.4 6.6
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products ‑1.9 ‑0.2 ‑3.8 ‑11.2 ‑9.4 ‑12.4 ‑10.7 ‑3.5 ‑12.9 7.5
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment ‑15.2 15.1 ‑33.6 0.5 7.8 ‑4.7 ‑14.0 8.4 ‑25.0 4.1
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. ‑17.3 ‑52.8 ‑0.3 12.6 26.0 7.3 9.7 19.1 6.0 10.8
29 Industry for motor vehicles ‑36.0 ‑2.6 ‑42.0 1.6 13.3 ‑2.0 ‑11.1 ‑6.8 ‑12.9 11.8
30 Industry for other transport equipment 127.5 47.8 65.0 1.8 ‑43.2 65.7 180.7 94.2 275.8 1.6
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment 2.8 1.9 2.7 ‑0.1 2.4 ‑5.2 5.2 3.5 8.8 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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