Industrial production in December 2009

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Year-on-year industrial production index increased the second month in a row in December 2009 and reached 111,9 %. The development was affected by a rise in manufacturing by 16,4 %, in mining and quarrying by 7,3 % and by a fall in electricity, gas, steam and air-condition supply by 5,6 %.

Production increased most considerably in the following industrial sectors (that affected most a rise of the total production): manufacture of transport equipment (by 71,1 %), manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (by 66,6 %), manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (by 31,1 %), manufacture of computer, electronic and optical equipment (by 18,7 %), manufacture of metal and fabricated metal products except machinery and equipment (by 9,8 %). The whole production was affected more considerably by a fall in other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment by 16,3 %, in manufacture of rubber and plastic products and other non-metallic mineral products by 15,1 %, in manufacture of wood and paper products, printing by 6,2 %, in electricity, gas, steam and air-condition supply by 5,6 %, in manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products by 5,2 %.

In December 2009, compared with December 2008 and by the main industrial groupings, production of investment goods increased by 35,1 %, production of durable consumer goods by 11,5 %, production of intermediate goods by 11,2 % and production of non-durable consumer goods by 2,9 %. Production related to energy decreased by 5,3 %.

Industrial production (after seasonality adjustment) decreased by 3,4 % in December 2009 compared with November 2009.

In 2009, IPI decreased by 14,6 % year-on-year, of which in manufacturing by 16,1 %, in electricity, gas, steam and air-condition supply by 7,7 %. Production increased in mining and quarrying by 1,7 %. Production decreased most considerably in the following industrial sectors (that affected most a fall of the total production): manufacture of transport equipment by 27,3 %, machinery and equipment n.e.c. by 23,3 %, rubber and plastic products and other non-metallic mineral products by 22,4 %, metal and fabricated metal products except of machinery and equipment by 18,6 %, electricity, gas, steam and air-condition supply by 7,7 %. Production increased only in manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products by 5,1 %, in mining and quarrying by 1,7 %, in manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products by 1 %.

By the main industrial groupings, production of investment goods decreased by 26 %, production of intermediate goods by 14,9 %, production of non-durable consumer goods by 7,9 % and production related to energy by 5,1 %. Production of durable consumer goods increased by 0,7 %.

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Note: preliminary results; Industrial production index represents volume production changes in its natural expression. Data are adjusted from the influence of the number of working days by programme DEMETRA and during processing of every month they are re-adjusted from the beginning of the time series. In December the number of working days was higher by 1 day compared with December 2008 and in 2009 it was coincident with 2008.

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