Index of Production
0.8% quarterly fall in production output
Index of Manufacturing
Total production output decreased by 0.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the previous quarter and fell 10.5 per cent against the third quarter of 2008. In the latest quarter there was a decrease in output of 4.7 per cent in the mining and quarrying sector and a decrease of 0.8 per cent in the energy supply sector. Within energy supply, output of the electricity supply industry decreased by 2.7 per cent during the period. Within the mining and quarrying sector, there was a decrease in oil and gas extraction of 5.1 per cent.
Total production output increased by 1.6 per cent between August and September. Mining and quarrying output increased by 1.7 per cent with an increase in oil and gas production. Energy supply output decreased by 0.3 per cent on the month with increases in the gas and water supply outputs being offset by a fall in the electricity supply output.
Manufacturing: 0.1 per cent quarterly fall
Manufacturing output decreased by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the previous quarter and was 10.5 per cent lower against the third quarter of 2008. Output decreased in four out of the 13 sub-sectors and increased in nine sub-sectors.
Within the decreases in output in the latest quarter, the most significant were 3.6 per cent in the paper, printing and publishing industries and 3.2 per cent in the machinery and equipment industries. The most significant increases during the latest quarter were 3.1 per cent in the transport equipment industries and 2.6 per cent in the other manufacturing industries.
Between August and September, manufacturing output increased by 1.7 per cent. Output increased in ten of the 13 sub-sectors and decreased in three sub-sectors. The most significant increases in output were 8.0 per cent in the electrical and optical equipment industries and 3.0 per cent in the transport equipment industries. The most significant decrease in the month was 1.0 per cent in the machinery and equipment industries.
Notes: Figures discussed are based on chained volume measures (adjusted for the effects of price change) and are seasonally adjusted.
Manufacturing consists of 14 sub-sectors listed below with the percentage of the total they account for. For IoP purposes DB and DC are combined as both are small. The larger the percentage contribution, the more likely the impact on the overall manufacturing growth rate will be significant.
DA - Food, drink & tobacco (14.9%) DB - Textiles & clothing (2.6%) DC - Leather & leather products (0.3%) DD - Wood & wood products (1.9%) DE - Paper, printing & publishing (13.2%) DF - Coke, refined petroleum & nuclear fuels (1.7%) DG - Chemicals & man-made fibres (11.3%) DH - Rubber & plastic products (5.0%) DI - Non-metallic mineral products (3.6%) DJ - Basic metals & metal products (10.9%) DK - Machinery & equipment (8.3%) DL - Electrical & optical equipment (11.1%) DM - Transport equipment (10.9%) DN - Other manufacturing (4.4%)
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