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Orders and turnover in industry, January 2019

Orders in industry decreased in January

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-03-05 9.30

Total orders in industry decreased by 2.5 percent in January 2019 compared with December, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with January 2018, total orders in industry decreased by 0.5 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

Total orders in industry remained unchanged in the domestic market and negative in the export market compared to the previous month. Compared with December, the export market decreased by 3.6 percent in seasonally adjusted figures. Among the industrial subsectors, the largest decrease was in the industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c., down 18.8 percent compared with December.

On an annual basis, total orders in industry decreased by 0.5 percent compared with January 2018, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 3.2 percent and orders received from customers abroad decreased by 3.2 percent.

The figures for January are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted monthly development in December compared with November has been revised upwards by 0.2 percentage points to a monthly development of 3.3 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in December compared with December of the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.3 percentage points to an annual development of 2.1 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 TITLEJanuary 2019/
December 2018[1]
Jan-Jan 2019/
Jan-Jan 2018[2]
January 2019/
January 2018[2]
Share of orders in total industry 2015
  TotDomExpTotDomExpTotDomExp 
B+CMines and quarries and manufacturing industry ‑2.5 0.0 ‑3.6 ‑0.5 3.2 ‑3.2 ‑0.5 3.2 ‑3.2 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry ‑1.7 0.5 ‑2.3 ‑3.2 0.7 ‑5.9 ‑3.2 0.7 ‑5.9 41.1
- Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D 5.2 20.7 ‑8.4 ‑8.1 8.5 ‑23.1 ‑8.1 8.5 ‑23.1 6.3
- Capital goods industry ‑3.5 ‑2.9 ‑3.0 4.9 5.7 4.6 4.9 5.7 4.6 34.8
- Non-durable consumer goods industry ‑1.9 1.9 ‑5.7 ‑1.2 4.1 ‑9.0 ‑1.2 4.1 ‑9.0 15.8
- Durable consumer goods industry ‑2.0 ‑1.7 ‑7.2 ‑5.4 ‑7.2 ‑2.8 ‑5.4 ‑7.2 ‑2.8 2.0
B Mines and quarries 7.9 2.1 8.8 ‑4.7 ‑1.1 ‑8.4 ‑4.7 ‑1.1 ‑8.4 2.8
C Manufacturing industry ‑2.8 ‑0.1 ‑3.7 ‑0.3 3.4 ‑3.1 ‑0.3 3.4 ‑3.1 97.2
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry 0.1 1.2 ‑4.0 3.5 5.2 ‑3.9 3.5 5.2 ‑3.9 9.8
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products ‑1.5 1.5 ‑8.9 7.0 5.9 8.0 7.0 5.9 8.0 0.5
16 Industry for wood and wood products 0.6 0.4 0.7 ‑1.1 ‑4.5 5.6 ‑1.1 ‑4.5 5.6 4.3
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products 0.4 1.6 ‑1.1 ‑4.3 ‑1.7 ‑4.8 ‑4.3 ‑1.7 ‑4.8 7.8
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media ‑1.7 0.7 ‑15.8 ‑17.1 ‑3.9 ‑64.4 ‑17.1 ‑3.9 ‑64.4 1.3
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products 5.2 20.8 ‑8.4 ‑8.1 8.5 ‑23.1 ‑8.1 8.5 ‑23.1 5.4
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products 3.3 ‑0.3 4.4 4.9 6.2 4.7 4.9 6.2 4.7 8.0
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products ‑4.4 ‑9.9 ‑0.6 ‑1.3 ‑7.9 5.5 ‑1.3 ‑7.9 5.5 2.4
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products ‑0.8 2.0 ‑19.7 ‑4.9 ‑1.8 ‑20.5 ‑4.9 ‑1.8 ‑20.5 2.2
24 Industry for basic metals ‑5.0 0.2 ‑9.7 ‑17.3 6.2 ‑24.7 ‑17.3 6.2 ‑24.7 8.7
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment ‑10.2 1.4 ‑37.4 ‑4.0 5.5 ‑20.5 ‑4.0 5.5 ‑20.5 6.6
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 1.7 ‑1.5 ‑5.3 13.4 11.5 15.3 13.4 11.5 15.3 7.5
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment ‑0.9 ‑3.7 ‑1.8 10.2 0.8 18.1 10.2 0.8 18.1 4.1
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. ‑18.8 ‑16.0 ‑20.3 2.6 5.1 1.7 2.6 5.1 1.7 10.8
29 Industry for motor vehicles 4.2 ‑4.5 9.1 9.9 3.1 12.2 9.9 3.1 12.2 11.8
30 Industry for other transport equipment ‑15.3 ‑20.8 9.2 ‑32.9 ‑18.2 ‑41.6 ‑32.9 ‑18.2 ‑41.6 1.6
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment 0.5 3.0 1.6 9.0 6.6 14.4 9.0 6.6 14.4 4.4

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

Definitions and explanations

Revisions

In connection with the November 2018 publication, statistics on the motor vehicle industry, linked aggregates and total industry were revised from January 2017 onwards as a result of new information to Statistics Sweden.

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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