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Orders and turnover in industry, May 2019

Orders in industry increased in May

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-07-05 9.30

Total orders in industry increased by 1.1 percent in May 2019 compared with April, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with May 2018, total orders in industry increased by 3.2 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

Despite the overall increase in industry, development on a monthly basis among a majority of the industrial subsectors was negative, in seasonally adjusted figures. Among the industrial subsectors, the largest decrease was in the industry for other transport equipment, down 28.7 percent compared with April. Total orders in industry decreased in the domestic market and increased in the export market compared with the previous month. Compared with April, the domestic market decreased by 0.5 percent, while the export market increased by 3.4 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, total orders in industry increased by 3.2 percent compared with May 2018, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden decreased by 3.3 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 8.7 percent.

The figures for May are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted monthly development in April compared with March has been revised downwards by 0.4 percentage points to 8.9 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in April compared with April of the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.2 percentage points to -0.1 percent.

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

Percentage changes in orders
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLEMay 2019/
Apr 2019[1]
Jan-May 2019/
Jan-May 2018[2]
May 2019/
May 2018[2]
Share of orders in total industry 2015
  TotDomExpTotDomExpTotDomExp 
B+CMines and quarries and manufacturing industry 1.1 ‑0.5 3.4 ‑1.6 ‑2.8 ‑0.6 3.2 ‑3.3 8.7 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry 2.7 1.2 2.7 ‑3.1 ‑4.0 ‑2.3 0.3 ‑2.2 2.6 41.1
-[3] Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6.3
- Capital goods industry 0.3 ‑3.1 2.5 1.2 0.3 1.6 14.6 1.6 21.3 34.8
- Non-durable consumer goods industry ‑2.9 ‑4.7 ‑1.3 3.4 ‑0.2 9.8 ‑3.3 ‑7.1 4.0 15.8
-[3] Durable consumer goods industry .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.0
B Mines and quarries ‑8.3 0.0 ‑7.4 ‑2.9 ‑2.9 ‑2.9 ‑7.5 1.0 ‑15.6 2.8
C Manufacturing industry 1.4 ‑0.5 4.3 ‑1.5 ‑2.8 ‑0.6 3.5 ‑3.5 9.4 97.2
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry ‑9.1 ‑8.2 ‑1.4 0.1 0.4 ‑1.0 ‑5.6 ‑6.8 ‑0.1 9.8
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products 5.4 12.2 1.6 1.8 2.8 1.0 8.5 16.3 1.5 0.5
16 Industry for wood and wood products ‑1.3 ‑1.1 0.6 ‑2.0 ‑3.2 0.6 ‑0.3 ‑3.0 6.1 4.3
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products ‑0.9 0.9 ‑1.6 ‑7.3 ‑5.0 ‑7.8 ‑4.8 ‑3.0 ‑5.2 7.8
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media 1.0 0.2 ‑9.6 ‑3.4 ‑7.1 18.5 ‑7.5 ‑13.4 33.5 1.3
19[3] Industry for coke and refined petroleum products .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.4
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products ‑1.6 ‑7.1 ‑0.7 4.0 4.9 3.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 8.0
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products ‑1.0 0.6 ‑2.6 ‑3.3 ‑6.4 0.0 ‑8.7 ‑7.4 ‑10.0 2.4
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products 1.7 2.7 ‑7.2 ‑0.1 0.5 ‑3.8 2.3 0.5 15.5 2.2
24 Industry for basic metals 3.8 ‑2.2 9.4 ‑8.4 ‑2.9 ‑10.6 ‑3.4 ‑4.9 ‑2.7 8.7
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment ‑4.3 ‑4.5 ‑1.4 0.0 2.2 ‑4.1 ‑4.3 ‑2.9 ‑7.2 6.6
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products ‑1.5 1.8 ‑1.0 6.3 2.9 7.8 0.8 5.6 ‑1.1 7.5
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment 17.0 11.6 25.5 6.0 ‑30.7 42.7 39.3 ‑2.5 71.2 4.1
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. ‑2.3 ‑3.1 ‑2.9 3.2 4.8 2.7 3.6 ‑2.8 6.5 10.8
29 Industry for motor vehicles 4.2 ‑0.6 5.9 5.2 ‑0.8 7.5 34.0 7.9 44.0 11.8
30 Industry for other transport equipment ‑28.7 ‑8.4 ‑32.9 ‑39.7 ‑21.6 ‑47.7 ‑37.8 10.5 ‑54.9 1.6
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment 0.6 ‑1.8 9.9 0.7 ‑2.1 7.2 ‑0.8 ‑6.3 13.3 4.4

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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