Orders and turnover in industry, June 2021
Orders in industry increased in June
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-08-10 9.30
Total orders in industry increased by 1.1 percent in June 2021 compared with May, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with June 2020, total orders in industry increased by 24.4 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.
A majority of the industrial subsectors noted a positive development on a monthly basis. The largest increase was recorded in the industry for manufacture of electrical equipment, up by 23.4 percent. Total orders in industry increased on the export market, while they decreased on the domestic market compared with May. The export market increased by 4.3 percent, while the domestic market decreased by 4.2 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 24.4 percent compared with June 2020, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 10.8 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 36.1 percent.
Total orders in industry in May have been revised
The figures for June are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted monthly development in May compared with April has been revised upwards by 0.2 percentage points to 6.3 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in May compared with May of the previous year has been revised upwards by 0.4 percentage points to 33.1 percent.
For a more comprehensive understanding of the statistics, it is relevant to analyse the effects of seasonal and calendar adjustments on the statistics.
| NACE 2007 | INDUSTRY TITLE | Jun 2021/ May 2021[1] |
Jan-Jun 2021/ Jan-Jun 2020[2] |
Jun 2021/ Jun 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 | 1.1 | ‑4.2 | 4.3 | 18.4 | 8.4 | 25.8 | 24.4 | 10.8 | 36.1 | 100.0 |
| - | Intermediate goods industry | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 13.9 | 24.5 | 43.1 |
| - | Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D | 0.9 | .. | .. | 0.4 | .. | .. | 23.0 | .. | .. | 4.2 |
| - | Capital goods industry | ‑2.8 | ‑15.7 | 3.2 | 34.9 | 19.4 | 41.9 | 36.3 | 9.9 | 49.2 | 33.5 |
| - | Non-durable consumer goods industry | 6.5 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 1.8 | ‑0.8 | 4.9 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 20.3 | 17.4 |
| - | Durable consumer goods industry | ‑0.6 | .. | .. | 15.3 | .. | .. | 16.5 | .. | .. | 1.9 |
| B | Mines and quarries | ‑6.4 | ‑10.2 | ‑2.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 3.2 |
| C | Manufacturing industry | 1.1 | ‑2.8 | 4.2 | 18.8 | 8.5 | 26.5 | 24.9 | 11.0 | 36.8 | 96.8 |
| 10-12 | Food product, beverage and tobacco industry | 2.0 | 1.9 | ‑1.2 | 0.9 | ‑1.1 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 14.7 | 10.1 |
| 13-15 | Industry for textile and leather products | 0.8 | 3.1 | ‑6.3 | 16.5 | 22.2 | 12.2 | 28.8 | 12.9 | 47.4 | 0.7 |
| 16 | Industry for wood and wood products | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 6.7 | ‑10.5 | 7.0 | 11.2 | ‑1.2 | 5.7 |
| 17 | Industry for pulp, paper and paper products | ‑3.9 | ‑2.2 | ‑3.9 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 17.1 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media | 0.0 | 1.3 | 22.1 | ‑0.6 | 4.9 | ‑23.9 | 4.1 | 11.5 | ‑34.4 | 0.9 |
| 19 | Industry for coke and refined petroleum products | 0.9 | .. | .. | 0.4 | .. | .. | 23.0 | .. | .. | 4.2 |
| 20-21 | Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products | 6.8 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | ‑1.3 | 9.8 | 15.1 | ‑7.5 | 19.7 | 9.9 |
| 22 | Industry for rubber and plastic products | ‑2.2 | 0.6 | ‑7.6 | 14.5 | 10.7 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 19.1 | 2.6 |
| 23 | Industry for other non-metallic mineral products | ‑0.3 | 0.1 | ‑2.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 2.7 |
| 24 | Industry for basic metals | 0.9 | 3.4 | ‑0.5 | 20.3 | 14.7 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 30.0 | 24.2 | 8.7 |
| 25 | Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | ‑6.5 | ‑2.2 | ‑14.1 | 13.4 | 16.5 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 17.8 | ‑13.6 | 7.4 |
| 26 | Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | ‑0.5 | ‑9.3 | 13.6 | 40.1 | 18.8 | 47.4 | 100.0 | 33.1 | 122.3 | 2.4 |
| 27 | Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment | 23.4 | 5.7 | 51.3 | 30.6 | ‑1.9 | 56.7 | 52.8 | 9.3 | 84.6 | 3.5 |
| 28 | Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 16.0 | ‑1.5 | 34.8 | 28.1 | 16.3 | 32.8 | 57.6 | 13.8 | 79.3 | 10.9 |
| 29 | Industry for motor vehicles | ‑6.9 | ‑19.4 | ‑4.7 | 48.0 | 31.7 | 53.0 | 38.0 | 21.8 | 43.2 | 14.2 |
| 30 | Industry for other transport equipment | ‑47.1 | ‑73.8 | ‑13.4 | 67.7 | 51.1 | 78.3 | ‑35.1 | ‑41.0 | ‑27.4 | 1.7 |
| 31-33 | Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 1.8 | 2.7 | ‑6.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
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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