Orders and turnover in industry, July 2019

Orders in industry increased in July

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-09-05 9.30

Total orders in industry increased by 0.4 percent in July 2019 compared with June, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with July 2018, total orders in industry decreased by 2.2 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

The different industrial subsectors presented mixed development on a monthly basis, in seasonally adjusted figures. Among the industrial subsectors, the largest increase was in the industry for other transport equipment, up 25.3 percent compared with June. The largest decrease was in the electrical equipment industry, down 12.5 percent compared with June. Total orders in industry decreased in both the domestic market and the export market compared with the previous month. Compared with June, the domestic market decreased by 1.3 percent, while the export market decreased by 1.6 percent in seasonally adjusted figures. Since the series are seasonally adjusted separately, orders in industry can present a weak positive development on the total market, while orders in industry on both the domestic market and the export market present a negative development.

Total orders in industry decreased on an annual basis

On an annual basis, total orders in industry decreased by 2.2 percent compared with July 2018, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden decreased by 4.7 percent, and orders received from customers abroad decreased by 0.6 percent.

Total orders in industry in June have been revised downwards

The figures for July are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted monthly development in June compared with May has been revised downwards by 0.7 percentage point to -0.5 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in June compared with the corresponding month of the previous year has been revised downwards by 1.0 percentage point to 6.5 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	Jul 2019/ Jun 2019^[1]			Jan-Jul 2019/ Jan-Jul 2018^[2]			Jul 2019/ Jul 2018^[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	0.4	‑1.3	‑1.6	‑0.5	‑2.4	0.9	‑2.2	‑4.7	‑0.6	100.0
-	Intermediate goods industry	‑1.9	0.2	‑1.4	‑3.4	‑4.2	‑2.7	‑5.9	‑4.9	‑5.3	41.1
-^[3]	Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6.3
-	Capital goods industry	0.3	‑5.9	2.9	4.0	0.0	5.9	‑4.5	‑18.8	2.1	34.8
-	Non-durable consumer goods industry	4.4	5.2	8.5	2.8	‑0.3	8.0	8.0	2.2	19.7	15.8
-^[3]	Durable consumer goods industry	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.0
B	Mines and quarries	‑5.6	3.9	‑14.4	‑0.3	‑1.7	1.3	5.0	7.1	2.4	2.8
C	Manufacturing industry	0.5	‑1.6	‑1.3	‑0.5	‑2.4	0.8	‑2.4	‑5.0	‑0.7	97.2
10-12	Food product, beverage and tobacco industry	2.7	3.7	‑0.7	‑0.1	0.3	‑1.9	0.7	2.0	‑3.9	9.8
13-15	Industry for textile and leather products	‑1.2	1.1	‑3.7	7.1	8.2	5.9	33.2	50.3	19.7	0.5
16	Industry for wood and wood products	1.7	4.6	‑2.4	‑2.8	‑4.5	0.4	‑1.2	‑1.8	‑0.8	4.3
17	Industry for pulp, paper and paper products	5.4	‑0.3	6.7	‑6.6	‑4.3	‑7.1	1.4	0.8	1.4	7.8
18	Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media	‑2.0	‑1.6	‑16.8	‑9.7	‑8.9	‑13.3	‑30.8	‑15.9	‑66.8	1.3
19^[3]	Industry for coke and refined petroleum products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.4
20-21	Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products	9.4	1.2	12.0	4.2	4.3	4.2	20.8	4.3	25.1	8.0
22	Industry for rubber and plastic products	‑0.8	0.0	‑0.9	‑3.6	‑5.0	‑2.2	‑5.3	‑2.4	‑8.4	2.4
23	Industry for other non-metallic mineral products	‑5.8	‑8.0	0.8	‑2.1	‑2.6	0.6	‑8.7	‑13.2	15.5	2.2
24	Industry for basic metals	‑5.0	‑1.0	‑8.0	‑7.0	‑4.8	‑7.9	‑7.2	‑18.3	‑4.5	8.7
25	Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	‑3.8	‑5.8	‑3.5	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.4	‑6.3	9.7	6.6
26	Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	4.7	‑3.6	2.7	4.7	2.1	5.7	0.5	‑6.3	‑0.8	7.5
27	Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment	‑12.5	2.9	‑19.4	‑0.7	‑26.3	20.3	‑37.3	‑4.8	‑46.3	4.1
28	Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.	3.5	6.1	2.8	0.6	‑4.6	2.7	‑11.4	‑45.8	11.8	10.8
29	Industry for motor vehicles	‑2.6	‑6.9	1.9	10.5	3.0	13.1	‑3.4	10.9	‑6.1	11.8
30	Industry for other transport equipment	25.3	‑3.5	39.3	‑29.7	‑12.3	‑38.6	50.3	17.9	82.0	1.6
31-33	Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment	0.4	‑1.0	1.4	0.3	‑1.8	5.2	‑1.3	‑4.5	4.7	4.4

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

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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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