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Orders and turnover in industry, August 2021

Orders in industry decreased in August

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-10-06 9.30

Total orders in industry decreased by 2.4 percent in August 2021 compared with July, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with August 2020, total orders in industry increased by 2.3 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

A majority of the industrial subsectors noted a negative development on a monthly basis. The largest decrease was recorded in the industry for manufacture of electrical equipment, down by 33.0 percent. Total orders in industry decreased on the export market, while they increased on the domestic market compared with July. The export market decreased by 5.5 percent, while the domestic market increased by 0.8 percent, in seasonally adjusted figures.

Total orders in industry increased on an annual basis

The COVID-19 outbreak started to significantly impact orders in industry in March 2020, which should be taken into account when comparing annual development statistics.

On an annual basis, total orders in industry increased by 2.3 percent compared with August 2020, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 4.6 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 0.6 percent.

Total orders in industry in July have been revised

The figures for August are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted monthly development in July compared with June has been revised downwards by 0.1 percentage point to -1.5 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in July compared with July of the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.5 percentage points to 13.0 percent.

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

Percentage changes in orders
NACE 2007 INDUSTRY TITLE Aug 2021/
Jul 2021[1]
Jan-Aug 2021/
Jan-Aug 2020[2]
Aug 2021/
Aug 2020[2]
Share of orders in total industry 2020
    Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp  
B+C Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry ‑2.4 0.8 ‑5.5 15.5 7.6 21.3 2.3 4.6 0.6 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry ‑7.9 ‑8.6 ‑8.9 12.1 8.4 15.2 ‑2.8 ‑8.4 1.5 43.1
- Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D 7.3 .. .. 1.6 .. .. 10.0 .. .. 4.2
- Capital goods industry ‑1.8 30.2 ‑10.6 29.0 19.2 33.3 9.6 43.7 ‑3.2 33.5
- Non-durable consumer goods industry 2.0 ‑2.5 13.2 1.3 ‑0.7 3.8 ‑0.7 0.1 ‑1.8 17.4
- Durable consumer goods industry ‑9.7 .. .. 14.2 .. .. ‑3.9 .. .. 1.9
B Mines and quarries ‑4.8 4.1 ‑9.4 ‑2.5 ‑0.7 ‑3.4 ‑24.8 ‑11.9 ‑32.2 3.2
C Manufacturing industry ‑3.6 0.3 ‑5.7 16.1 7.9 22.1 3.5 5.2 2.1 96.8
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry ‑2.8 ‑1.7 ‑4.5 0.4 ‑1.1 6.6 ‑0.2 0.5 ‑2.4 10.1
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products ‑10.9 ‑4.7 ‑16.1 17.2 20.8 14.6 13.4 8.3 17.0 0.7
16 Industry for wood and wood products ‑7.0 ‑13.2 ‑1.4 ‑0.4 6.5 ‑13.8 ‑15.1 ‑9.1 ‑29.9 5.7
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products ‑3.1 ‑8.8 ‑1.8 10.2 4.2 11.6 9.2 ‑8.6 14.0 6.5
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media ‑10.2 ‑13.7 ‑5.9 ‑2.5 4.3 ‑30.5 ‑10.7 ‑3.9 ‑35.5 0.9
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products 7.3 .. .. 1.6 .. .. 10.0 .. .. 4.2
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products 13.8 ‑1.3 15.5 7.3 3.4 8.0 1.9 ‑1.3 2.5 9.9
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products ‑14.2 ‑7.1 ‑17.2 10.7 5.9 15.5 ‑4.8 ‑5.0 ‑4.6 2.6
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products ‑13.0 ‑11.7 ‑5.3 3.2 2.2 5.4 ‑8.3 ‑9.5 ‑5.0 2.7
24 Industry for basic metals ‑12.9 ‑21.4 ‑3.6 17.4 14.2 18.9 ‑4.2 ‑15.4 1.0 8.7
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment ‑3.8 ‑11.8 ‑0.5 12.5 14.7 8.1 3.3 ‑0.7 10.9 7.4
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products ‑0.7 ‑27.6 6.2 55.8 24.4 66.0 120.8 19.8 150.1 2.4
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment ‑33.0 ‑12.9 ‑22.9 31.7 ‑4.1 58.9 12.0 ‑19.1 43.1 3.5
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. ‑15.9 ‑26.1 ‑13.2 24.9 16.9 27.8 11.8 2.1 14.9 10.9
29 Industry for motor vehicles ‑20.8 ‑3.0 ‑22.3 36.3 28.0 38.7 ‑20.0 ‑6.3 ‑23.7 14.2
30 Industry for other transport equipment 258.0 .. .. 41.7 .. .. 111.3 .. .. 1.7
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment ‑9.7 ‑9.1 ‑9.5 0.8 1.1 0.3 ‑11.1 ‑8.7 ‑15.3 4.7

1) Calendar and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calendar adjusted figures 3) Data marked with .. includes classified information or missing data

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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