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Orders and turnover in industry, May 2022

Orders in industry decreased in May

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2022-07-06 8.00

Total orders in industry decreased by 5.5 percent in May 2022 compared with April, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with May 2021, total orders in industry decreased by 7.5 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

A majority of the industrial subsectors recorded a negative development on a monthly basis. The largest decrease was in the electronic equipment industry, down 45.8 percent. Total orders in industry decreased on both the domestic and the export market compared with April. The domestic market decreased by 0.2 percent and the export market decreased by 11.9 percent, in seasonally adjusted figures.

Total orders in industry decreased on an annual basis

In March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak started to significantly impact orders in industry, which should be considered when comparing annual development statistics.

On an annual basis, total orders in industry decreased by 7.5 percent compared with May 2021, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden decreased by 1.5 percent and orders received from customers abroad decreased by 11.7 percent.

Total orders in industry in April revised

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 1.9 percentage points to -3.9 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in April compared with April of the previous year has been revised upwards by 0.2 percentage points to 7.6 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 Maj 2022/
Apr 2022[1]
Jan-Maj 2022/
Jan-Maj 2021[2]
Maj 2022/
Maj 2021[2]
Share of orders in total industry 2021
    Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp Tot Dom Exp  
B+C Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry ‑5.5 ‑0.2 ‑11.9 2.4 2.3 2.6 ‑7.5 ‑1.5 ‑11.7 100.0
- Intermediate goods industry ‑5.7 2.0 ‑17.2 ‑1.7 0.0 ‑3.1 ‑7.1 0.6 ‑13.6 42.4
- Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D 10.7 .. .. 10.6 .. .. 18.4 .. .. 5.2
- Capital goods industry ‑15.3 ‑4.9 ‑20.0 2.1 3.7 1.6 ‑18.0 ‑10.6 ‑21.1 35.8
- Non-durable consumer goods industry ‑4.1 ‑4.7 ‑1.3 12.5 2.2 24.6 11.0 1.7 20.4 14.8
- Durable consumer goods industry ‑5.7 .. .. 1.4 .. .. ‑9.2 .. .. 1.8
B Mines and quarries ‑14.7 ‑3.6 ‑21.1 ‑1.2 6.6 ‑7.1 ‑17.0 ‑1.6 ‑28.3 3.5
C Manufacturing industry ‑5.0 ‑0.1 ‑10.7 2.4 2.1 2.8 ‑7.2 ‑1.6 ‑11.5 96.5
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry ‑5.3 ‑7.3 2.9 1.1 2.7 ‑4.8 0.2 1.5 ‑4.4 8.4
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products 8.0 1.7 19.7 0.9 ‑5.7 6.7 ‑3.1 ‑5.8 ‑0.9 0.5
16 Industry for wood and wood products ‑3.2 1.1 ‑14.4 ‑3.6 ‑0.6 ‑10.5 ‑8.2 ‑3.1 ‑18.1 5.5
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products ‑0.4 4.5 ‑0.5 ‑2.7 ‑0.4 ‑3.2 ‑8.2 0.9 ‑10.3 5.6
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media ‑0.1 0.1 79.2 ‑7.2 ‑1.0 ‑37.3 ‑1.5 ‑3.3 25.3 0.7
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products 10.7 .. .. 10.6 .. .. 18.4 .. .. 5.2
20-21 Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products 0.3 0.0 ‑0.6 6.3 ‑5.7 8.8 0.4 ‑2.4 0.9 9.7
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products 0.2 ‑0.6 1.6 ‑3.0 ‑0.8 ‑5.1 ‑8.9 0.1 ‑17.5 2.3
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products 1.2 ‑0.6 0.2 ‑1.6 ‑1.5 ‑1.6 ‑3.4 ‑3.3 ‑8.8 2.4
24 Industry for basic metals ‑8.0 ‑7.1 ‑6.4 ‑7.1 ‑2.1 ‑9.2 ‑7.4 ‑4.9 ‑8.9 9.2
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 5.0 7.9 ‑6.9 2.0 4.4 ‑3.6 7.9 10.7 ‑1.7 7.0
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products ‑0.8 ‑17.9 1.3 7.1 11.4 5.5 ‑5.6 1.7 ‑8.4 3.0
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment ‑45.8 50.8 ‑58.4 50.8 18.5 68.0 40.6 60.4 24.3 3.5
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. 5.6 1.6 4.2 19.1 14.7 20.7 20.1 8.9 23.2 11.9
29 Industry for motor vehicles ‑36.2 ‑14.7 ‑31.9 ‑6.3 ‑3.3 ‑7.1 ‑43.0 ‑32.2 ‑46.2 15.5
30 Industry for other transport equipment ‑39.9 ‑58.2 ‑9.0 ‑35.5 ‑37.8 ‑31.7 ‑61.3 ‑76.7 ‑14.4 2.1
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment ‑2.2 ‑0.6 ‑7.6 3.1 2.9 3.5 ‑0.8 2.2 ‑7.0 3.9

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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