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Business inventories, Q4 2022

Business inventories decreased in the fourth quarter of 2022

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-02-20 8.00

Swedish business inventories decreased by SEK 10.7 billion in constant prices in the fourth quarter. This development corresponds to a decrease of 1.8 percent in volume.

Total inventories in industry increased by SEK 0.6 billion in the fourth quarter, which corresponds to an increase of 0.2 percent in volume. Inventories in trade decreased by SEK 11.3 billion in the fourth quarter, which corresponds to a decrease of 3.6 percent in volume.

Industrial inventories increased

Inventories of products in progress, finished goods and goods for resale increased by SEK 1.8 billion and inventories of raw materials and consumables decreased by SEK 1.2 billion. This means that total inventories in industry increased by SEK 0.6 billion in the fourth quarter.

Trade inventories decreased

Inventories in trade decreased by SEK 11.3 billion in the fourth quarter. The largest decrease was noted in wholesale trade, excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles, in which inventories decreased by SEK 9.8 billion. Inventories in retail trade, excluding motor vehicles decreased by SEK 5.1 billion, while wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased by SEK 3.6 billion.

Revisions

The figures for the fourth quarter 2022 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the development in total industrial inventories in the third quarter 2022 has been revised upwards by SEK 0.5 billion to an increase of SEK 6.5 billion. Total trade inventories in the third quarter 2022 have been revised upwards by SEK 0.8 billion to an increase of SEK 13.0 billion.

Business inventories, Q4 2022
NACE Rev 2 INDUSTRY TITLE Changes in total business inventories (2010 prices)
    Q4 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2021
    Million SEK Million SEK Million SEK
B+C+G Mines and quarries, manufacturing industry and wholesale and retail trade ‑10 660.2 19 483.4 2 811.9
B+C Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry 622.8 6 518.6 1 341.0
- Intermediate goods industry ‑887.1 9 200.4 5 730.1
- Energy excl. NACE section D .. .. ..
- Capital goods industry 1 515.9 ‑2 676.8 ‑2 350.0
- Non-durable consumer goods industry ‑124.6 128.2 ‑642.2
- Durable consumer goods industry .. .. ..
B Mines and quarries 208.0 ‑242.7 1 919.6
C Manufacturing industry 414.8 6 761.3 ‑578.6
10-12 Food product, beverage and tobacco industry ‑87.0 462.8 583.9
13-15 Industry for textile and leather products 160.8 26.4 35.0
16 Industry for wood and wood products 598.5 1 164.8 1 610.4
17 Industry for pulp, paper and paper products 326.3 804.3 ‑130.4
18 Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media ‑103.0 ‑24.9 ‑89.1
19 Industry for coke and refined petroleum products .. .. ..
20 Industry for chemicals 700.5 27.4 442.1
21 Industry for basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations .. .. ..
22 Industry for rubber and plastic products 106.6 ‑84.8 100.0
23 Industry for other non-metallic mineral products .. .. ‑8.1
24 Industry for basic metals ‑2 623.8 5 995.6 1 290.2
25 Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment ‑426.1 683.2 29.1
26 Industry for computer, electronic and optical products 542.7 ‑840.3 ‑438.5
27 Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment 5.8 620.0 ‑105.0
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. 785.7 609.5 1 002.2
29 Industry for motor vehicles .. .. ..
30 Industry for other transport equipment .. .. ..
31-33 Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment ‑91.6 ‑361.4 ‑116.4
G Wholesale and retail trade ‑11 283.0 12 964.8 1 470.9
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 3 552.0 2 960.8 3 062.2
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles ‑9 764.8 6 875.5 ‑902.4
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles ‑5 070.3 3 128.5 ‑688.9

Definitions and explanations

All numbers are rounded to one decimal. Totals are calculated before rounding.

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