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This release has been compiled during the COVID-19 crisis. The results contained in this release reflect some of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 situation. For further information see Information Note Industrial Production and Turnover Index October 2020

Notice of Revisions: The Industrial Production and Turnover Indices were revised on 13th December 2021. See here for further information. 
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Industrial Production and Turnover

October 2020 (Provisional) September 2020 (Final)

Seasonally Adjusted Manufacturing Industries
 (Base Year 2015 = 100)
 Production Index Turnover Index
October 2019105.2118.1
September 202088.490.7
October 202088.592.2
Monthly % change0.11.6
Annual % change-15.9-22.0
  
May 2020 - Jul 202096.7104.2
Aug 2020 - Oct 202090.194.9
% change-6.8-9.0
Figures may differ due to rounding.

Industrial Production increased by 0.1% in October 2020

Figure 1 Manufacturing Industries Seasonally Adjusted - October 2020
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Production in Manufacturing Industries for October 2020 was 0.1% higher than in September 2020. On an annual basis production for October 2020 was 15.9% lower than in October 2019. See Headline table and Table 1. Industrial production in Manufacturing Industries for the three months August 2020 to October 2020 was 6.8% lower than in the preceding three-month period. See Headline table and Tables 3a to 3c

The “Modern” Sector showed a monthly increase in production of 0.6% in October 2020 and an annual decrease of 16.7% when compared with October 2019. There was a monthly increase of 2.1% in the “Traditional” Sector for October 2020 and an annual decrease of 2.3%. See Table 2.

'Rubber and plastic products' increased by 37.4% and 'Basic metals and fabricated metal products' decreased by 11.7% in the month to October 2020. See Table 3a.  

Turnover increased by 1.6% for Manufacturing Industries in October 2020 when compared with September 2020. On an annual basis turnover decreased by 22.0% when compared with October 2019. See Headline table, Table 4 and Tables 5a to 5c. 

Unadjusted indices are available on CSO PxStat

Table 1 Volume Indices of ProductionBase Year: 2015=100
  Manufacturing Industries Industries
  NACE 10 - 33 NACE 05 - 35
  Seasonally adjusted
Period Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
2017Year99.1 -2.7 99.5 -2.3
2018Year93.8 -5.3 94.6 -4.9
2019Year96.4 2.7 97.3 2.8
         
20181st quarter91.2-11.6-6.7 91.9-11.2-6.6
 2nd quarter95.54.81.5 96.24.61.6
 3rd quarter96.71.2-1.4 97.21.1-0.9
 4th quarter90.5-6.5-12.3 91.5-5.9-11.6
         
20191st quarter94.24.13.3 94.93.73.3
 2nd quarter94.90.8-0.7 96.11.2-0.1
 3rd quarter99.65.03.0 100.24.33.1
 4th quarter95.0-4.75.0 96.0-4.24.9
         
20201st quarter101.46.87.7 102.16.47.6
 2nd quarter92.4-9.0-2.7 93.4-8.6-2.8
 3rd quarter97.45.4-2.3 98.55.5-1.7
         
2018October95.5-3.4-3.0 96.4-3.1-2.9
 November92.6-3.0-13.1 93.5-3.0-12.2
 December83.3-10.0-20.2 84.7-9.5-19.3
        
2019January93.211.8-7.5 93.910.9-7.4
February97.24.32.0 97.94.32.3
 March92.1-5.219.1 93.1-4.918.2
 April94.72.82.6 96.03.13.2
 May97.63.0-0.7 98.72.8-0.2
 June92.4-5.3-3.9 93.6-5.2-3.2
 July96.14.05.5 96.93.65.5
August99.33.3-0.9 99.82.9-0.6
September103.54.34.7 104.04.24.5
October105.21.610.2 105.71.69.6
November96.3-8.54.0 97.1-8.13.8
 December83.5-13.30.2 85.3-12.10.8
         
2020January93.712.30.6 95.011.31.2
 February95.82.2-1.4 96.92.1-1.0
 March114.819.824.6 114.518.223.0
 April97.4-15.12.9 98.1-14.42.1
 May83.5-14.3-14.4 84.9-13.4-14.0
 June96.115.14.0 97.214.43.8
 July110.414.814.8 110.914.114.4
 August93.3-15.5-6.0 94.6-14.7-5.1
 September88.4-5.2-14.6 89.9-5.0-13.5
 October188.50.1-15.9 89.90.0-14.9
1 Provisional data
Table 2 Volume Indices of Production for "Modern"2 and "Traditional"2 SectorsBase Year: 2015=100
Modern Sector Traditional (All Other Sectors)
Seasonally adjusted
Period Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
2017Year98.0 -3.7 105.0 3.1
2018Year91.4 -6.8 106.5 1.4
2019Year93.5 2.3 111.4 4.6
         
20181st quarter88.3-15.0-6.1 102.2-1.6-9.7
 2nd quarter93.05.31.1 105.53.22.9
 3rd quarter94.81.9-3.2 107.62.06.7
 4th quarter87.8-7.3-15.4 110.52.76.3
        
20191st quarter88.81.10.6 112.01.49.6
 2nd quarter91.63.2-1.5 111.3-0.65.6
 3rd quarter97.56.42.9 110.9-0.43.0
 4th quarter93.5-4.16.5 111.10.20.6
         
20201st quarter96.43.18.5 113.62.31.4
 2nd quarter96.60.25.4 87.6-22.9-21.3
 3rd quarter95.2-1.5-2.4 109.525.0-1.2
         
2018October94.6-3.5-4.2 111.73.59.2
 November87.4-7.6-17.9 110.9-0.78.7
 December81.5-6.8-23.3 108.8-1.91.2
        
2019January89.19.3-10.3 106.6-2.05.8
February90.11.1-3.0 112.45.49.4
 March87.3-3.120.1 117.14.213.5
 April91.14.31.4 111.8-4.510.7
 May96.45.9-0.3 112.50.74.7
 June87.4-9.3-5.5 109.7-2.51.6
 July89.42.33.3 111.92.06.2
August99.311.0-0.5 109.4-2.2-0.1
September103.84.65.8 111.31.83.2
October106.82.912.9 113.82.31.9
 November90.4-15.43.3 111.5-2.00.5
 December83.5-7.62.4 107.9-3.2-0.8
         
2020January87.14.4-2.2 120.611.813.1
 February85.9-1.4-4.7 108.0-10.4-3.9
 March116.135.233.0 112.33.9-4.1
 April101.2-12.911.1 87.1-22.5-22.1
 May91.1-10.0-5.6 82.4-5.4-26.8
 June97.57.011.5 93.513.5-14.8
 July104.67.316.9 110.718.4-1.1
 August 92.6-11.4-6.7 108.9-1.6-0.4
 September88.3-4.6-14.9 109.00.0-2.1
 October188.90.6-16.7 111.22.1-2.3
1 Provisional data
2 See Background notes for detailed breakdown
Table 3a Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors - Provisional Results October 2020Base Year: 2015=100
 October 2020
  Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACE Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products10 100.70.3-2.5
Meat and meat products101 112.2-0.4-3.6
Dairy products105 119.3-1.7-7.6
Bakery and farinaceous products107 90.7-5.2-5.6
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109 120.52.98.4
Other food products102-104,108 98.42.3-2.0
Beverages11 ***
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15 118.91.40.5
Wood and wood products, except furniture16 190.58.914.7
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18 75.6-4.4-11.8
Chemicals and chemical products20 ***
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations21 ***
Rubber and plastic products22 153.237.418.6
Other non-metallic mineral products23 165.84.727.4
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25 114.8-11.7-2.6
Computer, electronic and optical products26 ***
Electrical equipment27 142.5-4.31.8
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28 ***
Transport equipment29-30 117.71.4-12.2
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,33 95.99.8-22.3
Modern20,21,26,27, 182, 325 88.90.6-16.7
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern 111.22.1-2.3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply35 132.7-0.311.9
Manufacturing industries10-33 88.50.1-15.9
Mining and quarrying05-09 ***
Transportable goods industries05-33 89.50.4-15.5
Industries05-35 89.90.0-14.9
*Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons
Table 3b Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors 3 monthly - Provisional ResultsBase Year: 2015=100
 Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
  Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACE Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
Food products10 101.615.6-0.5
Meat and meat products101 112.3-0.40.3
Dairy products105 117.3-6.4-10.3
Bakery and farinaceous products107 93.3-0.8-2.7
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109 117.30.42.2
Other food products102-104,108 99.322.50.5
Beverages11 ***
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15 120.17.4-3.0
Wood and wood products, except furniture16 175.441.85.7
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18 77.310.6-10.8
Chemicals and chemical products20 ***
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations21 ***
Rubber and plastic products22 120.1-7.0-3.2
Other non-metallic mineral products23 158.427.718.2
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25 121.725.83.5
Computer, electronic and optical products26 ***
Electrical equipment27 145.9-9.1-3.0
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28 ***
Transport equipment29-30 115.718.9-10.9
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,33 91.220.4-22.5
Modern20,21,26,27,182, 325 89.9-7.9-12.9
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern 109.714.9-1.6
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply35 132.46.512.6
Manufacturing industries10-33 90.1-6.8-12.3
Mining and quarrying05-09 ***
Transportable goods industries05-33 90.1-5.2-12.0
Industries05-35 91.5-6.3-11.3
*Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons
Table 3c Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors - Final Results September 2020Base Year: 2015=100
 September 2020
  Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACE Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products10 100.4-3.3-2.5
Meat and meat products101 112.60.68.6
Dairy products105 121.49.3-7.7
Bakery and farinaceous products107 95.72.3-0.4
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109 117.12.40.6
Other food products102-104,108 96.1-6.8-4.0
Beverages11 ***
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15 117.2-5.8-3.1
Wood and wood products, except furniture16 174.98.77.7
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18 79.12.6-4.2
Chemicals and chemical products20 ***
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations21 ***
Rubber and plastic products22 111.416.5-16.3
Other non-metallic mineral products23 158.34.717.5
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25 130.08.08.8
Computer, electronic and optical products26 ***
Electrical equipment27 148.91.9-1.9
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28 ***
Transport equipment29-30 116.02.3-6.8
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,33 87.4-3.1-26.2
Modern20,21,26,27,182, 325 88.3-4.6-14.9
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern 109.00.0-2.1
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply35 133.01.214.8
Manufacturing industries10-33 88.4-5.2-14.6
Mining and quarrying05-09 ***
Transportable goods industries05-33 89.1-2.6-13.6
Industries05-35 89.9-5.0-13.5
*Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons
Table 4 Industrial Turnover IndicesBase Year: 2015=100
Manufacturing Industries Transportable Goods Industries2
NACE 10 - 33 NACE 05 - 33
Seasonally adjusted
Period Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
2017Year97.7 -5.1 97.8 -4.9
2018Year98.2 0.5 98.3 0.5
2019Year99.4 1.3 99.5 1.2
         
20181st quarter95.3-10.1-2.7 95.5-10.0-2.6
 2nd quarter97.82.76.6 98.02.76.7
 3rd quarter101.53.78.7 101.63.78.7
 4th quarter98.0-3.4-7.5 98.1-3.5-7.5
         
20191st quarter98.10.13.0 98.20.12.9
 2nd quarter97.9-0.20.1 98.0-0.20.0
 3rd quarter98.70.8-2.7 98.70.7-2.8
 4th quarter101.52.93.6 101.52.93.5
         
20201st quarter105.13.57.1 105.03.46.9
 2nd quarter103.1-1.95.2 103.0-1.95.1
 3rd quarter99.6-3.30.9 99.7-3.21.0
         
2018October102.2-3.2-0.6 102.4-3.1-0.4
 November97.7-4.4-9.0 97.8-4.5-9.0
 December94.1-3.7-12.7 94.2-3.6-12.7
        
2019January94.60.5-9.6 94.70.6-9.5
February105.211.26.4 105.311.26.3
 March94.5-10.114.8 94.7-10.114.5
 April110.316.717.8 110.616.817.8
 May96.8-12.3-6.4 96.9-12.4-6.5
 June86.7-10.4-10.0 86.6-10.6-10.3
 July97.112.03.5 97.212.23.3
August94.0-3.3-10.5 94.0-3.2-10.6
September105.011.7-0.5 105.011.6-0.6
October118.112.515.6 118.112.515.3
 November97.1-17.8-0.5 97.1-17.8-0.6
 December89.3-8.0-5.0 89.4-7.9-5.1
         
2020January106.118.712.1 106.018.511.9
 February93.8-11.5-10.8 93.7-11.6-11.0
 March115.423.022.0 115.323.021.8
 April103.0-10.7-6.6 103.0-10.7-6.9
 May99.0-3.92.3 99.0-3.92.2
 June107.28.223.6 107.18.223.6
 July106.5-0.69.6 106.5-0.59.6
 August101.7-4.48.3 101.8-4.48.2
 September90.7-10.9-13.6 90.8-10.8-13.5
 October192.21.6-22.0 92.21.6-21.9
1 Provisional data
2 See Background notes for detailed breakdown
Table 5a Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors - Provisional Results October 2020Base Year: 2015=100
 October 2020
  Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACE Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products10 105.4-0.3-2.4
Meat and meat products101 106.5-0.4-0.0
Dairy products105 129.70.4-9.1
Bakery and farinaceous products107 91.6-6.0-3.9
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109 112.64.17.7
Other food products102-104,108 97.00.4-1.0
Beverages11 ***
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15 122.0-15.520.6
Wood and wood products, except furniture16 130.65.2-4.1
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18 99.7-1.2-7.7
Chemicals and chemical products20 ***
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations21 ***
Rubber and plastic products22 126.915.412.1
Other non-metallic mineral products23 152.32.632.9
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25 111.7-9.74.3
Computer, electronic and optical products26 ***
Electrical equipment27 151.5-1.57.8
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28 ***
Transport equipment29-30 112.2-4.1-13.8
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,33 89.47.8-19.4
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply35 ......
Manufacturing industries10-33 92.21.6-22.0
Mining and quarrying05-09 119.9-0.76.4
Transportable goods industries05-33 92.21.6-21.9
Industries05-35 ......
*Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons
..Data not available
Table 5b Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors 3 monthly - Provisional ResultsBase Year: 2015=100
 Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
  Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACE Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
Food products10 105.67.0-1.4
Meat and meat products101 106.9-2.11.1
Dairy products105 126.7-3.6-11.2
Bakery and farinaceous products107 94.42.5-1.0
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109 109.7-0.30.5
Other food products102-104,108 98.720.22.5
Beverages11 ***
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15 146.8-7.243.8
Wood and wood products, except furniture16 123.219.9-9.6
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18 98.716.5-7.2
Chemicals and chemical products20 ***
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations21 ***
Rubber and plastic products22 110.7-13.5-5.3
Other non-metallic mineral products23 146.721.925.3
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25 116.427.410.7
Computer, electronic and optical products26 ***
Electrical equipment27 153.0-6.9-5.6
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28 ***
Transport equipment29-30 115.426.7-11.1
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,33 87.117.1-21.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply35 ......
Manufacturing industries10-33 94.9-9.0-10.2
Mining and quarrying05-09 119.0-0.58.7
Transportable goods industries05-33 94.9-8.9-10.2
Industries05-35 ......
*Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons
..Data not available
Table 5c Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors - Final Results September 2020 Base Year: 2015=100
 September 2020
  Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACE Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products10 105.70.1-0.1
Meat and meat products101 106.9-0.410.9
Dairy products105 129.16.4-9.5
Bakery and farinaceous products107 97.43.31.7
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109 108.20.0-2.2
Other food products102-104,108 96.6-5.9-0.9
Beverages11 ***
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15 144.5-17.059.5
Wood and wood products, except furniture16 124.18.0-7.6
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18 101.05.94.5
Chemicals and chemical products20 ***
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations21 ***
Rubber and plastic products22 110.015.6-16.4
Other non-metallic mineral products23 148.56.727.6
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25 123.78.817.0
Computer, electronic and optical products26 ***
Electrical equipment27 153.80.0-14.0
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28 ***
Transport equipment29-30 116.9-0.2-6.0
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,33 83.0-6.7-25.9
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply35 ......
Manufacturing industries10-33 90.7-10.9-13.6
Mining and quarrying05-09 120.73.614.5
Transportable goods industries05-33 90.8-10.8-13.5
Industries05-35 ......
*Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons
..Data not available

Background Notes

Introduction  

Industrial Production and Turnover (IPT) monitors the volume of production and value of turnover of industrial local units. Two indices are compiled from the survey – the monthly index of production and the monthly index of turnover.

The monthly index of production measures the change in the volume of production (i.e. value added at constant prices) each month. 

The monthly index of turnover measures the change in the level of sales each month of industrial products, whether manufactured in the month in question or in previous periods (excluding non-industrial activity where practicable). The turnover indices outlined in this release are exclusive of VAT. 

The principal difference between the production and turnover indices is that the production index traces the quantitative volume of production (i.e. with the effect of price changes excluded) each month whether sold or not, whereas the turnover index reflects both the volume of sales and the price level.  

Starting with January 2015 updated industrial production and turnover indices are being published to base year 2015=100. 

Sample covered

Industrial Production and Turnover covers all the larger local units which between them account for the bulk of industrial output – in general those which in the base year 2015 had twenty or more persons engaged in NACE divisions 5 to 35. For certain sectors the threshold of 20 persons engaged is lowered where this is considered necessary to ensure representativeness of the sample or where data for a sector would have to be kept confidential if a threshold at 20 persons engaged was applied. The business activity classifications are based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).

The provisional results are published about 40 days after the reference month. At that point, the response rates are typically 46% of local units surveyed covering 84% of the value of production and 82% of the value of turnover. The corresponding figures for the final results, one month later, are 66%, 95% and 94% respectively. These response rates are based on averages for the 12 months of 2017. 

Methodology

Index calculation

Individual turnover sub-indices are compiled for each detailed NACE class (i.e. NACE 4-digit level). These sub-indices are combined to provide the indices for broader sectoral groupings (NACE 2-digit and groupings of NACE) using the turnover as the weight.  The production indices are created in the same way but use the gross value added at factor cost (GVA) as the weight. The production indices are calculated at constant prices, using the Wholesale Price Index (Base 2015 = 100) as deflators. The GVA and turnover weights are from the 2015 Census of Industrial Production (CIP). The weights and base year are revised every five years. 

Globalisation and Measurement of Industrial Production

The level shift of 26% in GDP in 2015 was driven by relocations of entire balance sheets to Ireland, with the activity related to these relocations having consequential impacts on the corresponding annual and monthly industrial statistics. These relocated balance sheets were dominated by intellectual property. The practice of relocating intellectual property to Ireland has been growing in recent years, but the scale of the relocations in 2015 was substantial and added €300 billion to Ireland’s capital stocks.

Associated with the relocations were significant increases in contract manufacturing activity attributable to Ireland. While contract manufacturing and outsourcing arrangements – both by Irish and foreign-owned enterprises - were not new per se, the level of increase seen in 2015 was substantially greater than in previous years. The Index of Industrial Production increased by 33% between 2014 and 2015.

The CSO’s treatment of contract manufacturing in the IPT follows the definitions set out in the UN 2010 International Recommendations for the Index of Industrial Production. The relevant section of the UN recommendations, on the treatment of outsourcing activities is as follows:

 

"Outsourcing of parts of the production process

If only part of the production process is outsourced, the principal is classified to the ISIC class that corresponds to the activity representing the complete production process, i.e., it is classified as if it were carrying out the complete process, including the contracted work, itself.

This applies not only to the outsourcing of support functions in the production process, such as accounting or computing activities, but also to the outsourcing of parts of the core production process, such as parts of a manufacturing process.

Outsourcing of the complete production process

In general, if the principal outsources the complete production process of a good or service, it is classified as if it were carrying out the production process itself. This applies in particular to all service-producing activities, including construction.

In the case of manufacturing, however, the following special considerations apply. In manufacturing, the principal provides the contractor with the technical specifications of the manufacturing activity to be carried out on the input materials. The input materials (raw materials or intermediate goods) can either be provided (owned) by the principal or not.

A principal who completely outsources the transformation process should be classified into manufacturing if and only if it owns the input materials to the production process – and therefore owns the final output." 

On the basis of these recommendations outsourced production is included as part of an enterprise’s Irish production. The inverse (i.e. Irish companies being sub-contracted to produce for foreign companies) has been excluded to avoid double counting.

The PRODCOM annual survey provides statistics on domestic production sold in Ireland annually.  

Seasonal Adjustment 

Seasonal adjustment is conducted using the direct seasonal adjustment approach. Under this approach each individual series is independently adjusted, i.e. aggregate series are adjusted without reference to the component series. Seasonal adjustment models are developed for each series based on unadjusted data spanning the months from January 2000 to the current period. These models are then applied to the entire series. Seasonal factors are updated each month.

The adjustments are completed by applying the X-13-ARIMA model, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to the unadjusted data. This methodology estimates seasonal factors while also taking into consideration factors that impact on the quality of the seasonal adjustment such as:

• Calendar effects, e.g. the timing of Easter

• Outliers, temporary changes and level shifts in the series 

For additional information on the use of X-13-ARIMA see https://www.census.gov/srd/www/winx13/ 

NACE classification

The business activity classifications used in this Statistical release are based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community i.e. NACE Rev. 2. For further information on the NACE Rev. 2 classification of industrial activity, visit the CSO website  https://www.cso.ie/en/methods/classifications/nacecoder/

Definitions

"All Industries"

All industries are comprised of all sectors classified NACE 05 to 35 inclusive. This includes Mining and quarrying NACE 05 to 09, Manufacturing Industries NACE 10 to 33, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply NACE 35.

"Manufacturing Industries"

Manufacturing Industries is comprised of all sectors classified NACE 10 to 33 inclusive.

"Transportable Goods Industries"

Transportable Goods Industries is comprised of all sectors classified NACE 05 to 33 inclusive. This includes Mining and quarrying NACE 05 to 09 and Manufacturing Industries NACE 10 to 33.

 “Modern” Sector

The Modern Sector includes the following industrial sectors:

NACE 20.00 - 21.20 Chemicals and pharmaceuticals

NACE 26.00 - 27.90 Computer, electronic, optical and electrical equipment

NACE 18.20 Reproduction of recorded media

NACE 32.50 Medical and dental instruments and supplies

"Traditional” Sector

The Traditional Sector includes All Industries (NACE 05 to 35) excluding the “Modern” sector as detailed above.  

Wholesale Price Index (Base Year = 2015)

The wholesale price indices were revised in March 2018 to include updated weights (base year = 2015). New base year weights were compiled for the Wholesale Price Index using the results of the 2015 Census of Industrial Production (CIP) and the Prodcom Inquiry surveys. New base weights were applied to each three digit NACE group on the basis of the Census of Industrial Production and the commodity group weights were assigned on the basis of the Prodcom Inquiry. For further information on the updated WPI indices see the CSO publication  

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