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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

December 2017 (Provisional) November 2017 (Final)

Seasonally Adjusted Manufacturing Industries
(Base Year 2010 = 100)
Production IndexTurnover Index
December 2016163.6175.1
November 2017164.0217.0
December 2017169.1202.2
Monthly % change3.1-6.8
Annual % change3.415.5
  
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017160.0189.7
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017171.5206.0
% change7.28.6

Industrial Production increased by 3.1% in December 2017

Manufacturing Industries Seasonally Adjusted Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
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Production for Manufacturing Industries for December 2017 was 3.1% higher than in November 2017 (see above and table 1). On an annual basis production for December 2017 increased by 3.4% when compared with December 2016. The seasonally adjusted volume of industrial production for Manufacturing Industries for the three months October 2017 to December 2017 was 7.2% higher than in the preceding three month period (see above and tables 3a to 3d). 

The “Modern” Sector showed a monthly increase in production of 4.4% for December 2017 and an annual increase of 3.0% compared with December 2016. There was a monthly increase of 1.9% in the “Traditional” Sector for December 2017 and an annual increase of 0.9% compared with December 2016 (see table 2).

Turnover decreased by 6.8% for Manufacturing Industries in December 2017 when compared with November 2017 (see above and tables 5a to 5d).  On an annual basis turnover increased by 15.5% when compared with December 2016.

Table 1 Volume Indices of Production1Base Year: 2010=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
2013Year96.4 -2.5 95.9 -2.2
2014Year119.7 24.2 117.9 22.9
2015Year165.8 38.5 158.9 34.8
2016Year166.6 0.5 159.9 0.7
2017Year162.7 -2.4 156.4 -2.2
         
20151st quarter167.439.653.1 160.035.848.2
 2nd quarter161.8-3.430.2 155.4-2.927.5
 3rd quarter167.73.744.0 160.43.238.2
 4th quarter165.5-1.338.0 159.0-0.835.0
         
20161st quarter167.41.2-0.0 160.20.70.1
 2nd quarter163.7-2.21.2 157.1-1.91.1
 3rd quarter165.81.3-1.1 159.11.2-0.8
 4th quarter168.91.92.0 162.72.32.3
         
20171st quarter156.7-7.2-6.4 151.3-7.0-5.5
 2nd quarter162.03.4-1.0 155.72.9-0.9
 3rd quarter160.0-1.2-3.5 153.6-1.3-3.4
 4th quarter171.57.21.6 164.67.11.1
         
2015December164.60.446.3 157.80.141.6
         
2016January189.915.438.3 180.314.335.5
 February165.1-13.1-9.3 158.5-12.1-8.4
March147.2-10.9-19.5 141.6-10.6-18.5
April165.212.20.4 158.812.10.5
 May157.2-4.8-0.0 151.1-4.9-0.0
 June168.67.33.1 161.46.82.9
 July174.63.55.1 167.03.54.6
 August157.4-9.8-7.1 151.7-9.2-6.0
 September165.45.1-1.3 158.54.5-0.9
 October157.2-5.0-6.3 152.6-3.7-5.6
 November185.918.313.3 178.116.713.0
 December163.6-12.0-0.6 157.5-11.6-0.2
       
2017January169.93.9-10.5 163.53.9-9.3
February148.7-12.5-9.9 144.4-11.7-8.9
 March151.51.92.9 146.01.13.1
 April163.07.6-1.3 156.57.2-1.5
 May168.23.27.0 161.33.16.7
 June154.8-8.0-8.2 149.3-7.5-7.5
 July156.71.2-10.2 151.31.3-9.4
August160.72.52.1 153.51.51.2
September162.61.2-1.7 156.11.7-1.5
October181.611.615.5 174.111.514.1
November164.0-9.7-11.8 157.5-9.5-11.6
December169.13.13.4 162.23.03.0
1 All data for the latest month, quarter and year is provisional
Table 2 Volume Indices of Production1 for "Modern"2 and "Traditional"2 SectorsBase Year: 2010=100
Modern Sector Traditional (All Other Sectors)
Seasonally adjusted
Period Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
2013Year88.3 -5.0 106.4 1.1
2014Year117.8 33.4 117.9 10.9
2015Year185.1 57.1 122.9 4.2
2016Year187.7 1.4 122.0 -0.7
2017Year182.2 -2.9 121.2 -0.7
         
20151st quarter197.874.372.6 119.10.69.5
 2nd quarter175.1-11.538.5 124.34.410.1
3rd quarter183.34.761.0 127.32.47.9
4th quarter185.61.363.6 121.1-4.92.2
        
20161st quarter191.93.4-3.0 120.2-0.70.9
2nd quarter178.6-6.92.0 122.21.6-1.7
3rd quarter183.62.80.1 123.61.2-2.9
4th quarter192.34.73.6 121.1-2.00.0
        
20171st quarter177.7-7.6-7.4 124.62.93.7
 2nd quarter177.1-0.4-0.9 120.3-3.4-1.5
 3rd quarter179.51.4-2.2 118.6-1.4-4.0
 4th quarter194.88.51.3 121.82.70.6
         
2015December185.30.784.2 117.8-4.4-2.3
       
2016January226.522.252.4 121.22.94.3
February184.4-18.6-17.4 121.30.10.1
March164.8-10.6-25.6 118.2-2.5-1.5
April178.68.4-1.3 124.35.20.6
May168.3-5.72.9 119.3-4.1-4.8
June188.812.24.5 122.93.0-1.0
July203.27.612.0 119.8-2.5-8.5
August167.2-17.7-12.2 122.52.2-2.2
September180.47.91.2 128.44.82.2
October177.7-1.5-5.2 118.6-7.6-3.0
November212.719.715.5 122.93.6-0.2
December186.4-12.40.6 121.8-0.93.5
       
2017January195.54.8-13.7 126.23.64.1
February170.4-12.8-7.6 123.0-2.51.4
 March167.2-1.91.4 124.61.35.5
 April180.47.91.0 119.9-3.8-3.6
 May181.80.88.0 121.41.21.7
 June168.9-7.1-10.6 119.7-1.3-2.5
 July180.16.6-11.4 121.41.41.3
 August174.9-2.94.6 117.1-3.5-4.4
 September183.44.91.7 117.40.3-8.6
 October208.513.717.4 121.83.72.7
 November183.9-11.8-13.6 120.7-0.9-1.8
 December192.04.43.0 123.01.90.9
1 All data for the latest month, quarter and year is provisional
2 See Background notes for detailed breakdown
Table 3a Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors - Provisional Results December 2017Base Year: 2010=100
Weighting base December 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Gross value added EUR million Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-116,509.6 136.63.46.0
Food products105,279.4 141.34.05.5
Meat and meat products101620.0 161.2-2.12.9
Dairy products105332.6 103.94.85.4
Bakery and farinaceous products107264.6 174.05.31.9
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109240.9 146.50.56.8
Other food products102-104,1083,821.3 132.40.66.3
Beverages111,230.1 111.1-0.09.2
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15120.8 86.4-4.89.1
Wood and wood products, except furniture16201.3 124.416.825.9
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18619.2 54.9-8.6-14.1
Chemicals and chemical products20819.4 84.3-13.823.7
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2113,053.2 ***
Rubber and plastic products22426.6 113.33.85.9
Other non-metallic mineral products23423.3 134.78.212.0
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25671.6 125.54.511.7
Computer, electronic and optical products262,909.8 ***
Electrical equipment27180.3 143.8-2.8-11.6
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28754.1 ***
Transport equipment29-30252.2 74.0-4.1-6.7
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,331,398.0 106.5-15.8-19.3
Modern20,21,26,27, 182, 32520,204.4 192.04.43.0
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern14,770.5 123.01.90.9
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-333,477.4 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply353,099.2 105.62.4-2.1
Manufacturing industries10-3331,326.6 169.13.13.4
Mining and quarrying05-09549.1 93.537.613.5
Transportable goods industries05-3331,875.7 167.73.23.4
Industries05-3534,974.9 162.23.03.0
of which: Energy producing industries 3,846.3 104.01.0-4.2
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
Table 3b Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors 3 monthly - Provisional ResultsBase Year: 2010=100
Weighting base October 2017 - December 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Gross value added EUR million Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-116,509.6 135.76.03.6
Food products105,279.4 142.08.03.8
Meat and meat products101620.0 162.70.83.4
Dairy products105332.6 102.4-1.87.9
Bakery and farinaceous products107264.6 169.89.82.8
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109240.9 148.8-0.210.2
Other food products102-104,1083,821.3 137.58.43.2
Beverages111,230.1 110.62.03.4
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15120.8 88.41.710.5
Wood and wood products, except furniture16201.3 109.19.922.8
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18619.2 58.5-15.4-13.4
Chemicals and chemical products20819.4 94.3-5.217.4
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2113,053.2 ***
Rubber and plastic products22426.6 109.9-1.07.2
Other non-metallic mineral products23423.3 127.53.64.6
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25671.6 121.09.415.1
Computer, electronic and optical products262,909.8 ***
Electrical equipment27180.3 144.9-2.0-6.4
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28754.1 ***
Transport equipment29-30252.2 74.3-5.9-12.7
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,331,398.0 111.912.0-7.7
Modern20,21,26,27,182, 32520,204.4 194.88.51.3
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern14,770.5 121.82.70.6
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-333,477.4 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply353,099.2 103.4-0.8-5.0
Manufacturing industries10-3331,326.6 171.57.21.6
Mining and quarrying05-09549.1 79.2-6.2-0.1
Transportable goods industries05-3331,875.7 169.97.11.6
Industries05-3534,974.9 164.67.11.1
of which: Energy producing industries 3,846.3 103.11.9-4.3
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
Table 3c Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors - Final Results November 2017Base Year: 2010=100
Weighting base November 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Gross value added EUR million Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-116,509.6 132.1-4.5-2.7
Food products105,279.4 135.8-8.9-3.5
Meat and meat products101620.0 164.71.55.7
Dairy products105332.6 99.2-4.91.8
Bakery and farinaceous products107264.6 165.2-3.11.5
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109240.9 145.7-5.56.5
Other food products102-104,1083,821.3 131.7-11.3-6.7
Beverages111,230.1 111.11.40.6
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15120.8 90.73.126.9
Wood and wood products, except furniture16201.3 106.510.323.1
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18619.2 60.0-1.0-5.6
Chemicals and chemical products20819.4 97.8-3.09.6
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2113,053.2 ***
Rubber and plastic products22426.6 109.11.48.0
Other non-metallic mineral products23423.3 124.51.00.5
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25671.6 120.12.120.0
Computer, electronic and optical products262,909.8 ***
Electrical equipment27180.3 148.03.7-1.5
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28754.1 ***
Transport equipment29-30252.2 77.27.8-11.5
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,331,398.0 126.423.12.1
Modern20,21,26,27,182, 32520,204.4 183.9-11.8-13.6
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern14,770.5 120.7-0.9-1.8
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-333,477.4 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply353,099.2 103.11.4-5.6
Manufacturing industries10-3331,326.6 164.0-9.7-11.8
Mining and quarrying05-09549.1 67.9-10.9-26.8
Transportable goods industries05-3331,875.7 162.4-9.6-11.9
Industries05-3534,974.9 157.5-9.5-11.6
of which: Energy producing industries 3,846.3 102.90.7-4.2
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
Table 3d Volume Indices of Production for Industrial Sectors 3 monthly - Final ResultsBase Year: 2010=100
Weighting base September 2017 - November 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Gross value added EUR million Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-116,509.6 132.22.0-4.8
Food products105,279.4 137.92.7-5.6
Meat and meat products101620.0 162.51.74.4
Dairy products105332.6 102.02.313.6
Bakery and farinaceous products107264.6 165.86.93.0
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,109240.9 150.71.313.6
Other food products102-104,1083,821.3 134.52.7-10.2
Beverages111,230.1 109.52.70.7
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15120.8 89.55.09.7
Wood and wood products, except furniture16201.3 101.42.718.0
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-18619.2 61.1-20.6-15.2
Chemicals and chemical products20819.4 98.8-4.814.2
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2113,053.2 ***
Rubber and plastic products22426.6 110.0-0.99.8
Other non-metallic mineral products23423.3 124.12.04.0
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-25671.6 117.310.813.4
Computer, electronic and optical products262,909.8 ***
Electrical equipment27180.3 150.73.97.0
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified28754.1 ***
Transport equipment29-30252.2 76.5-3.6-13.4
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,331,398.0 111.412.0-3.5
Modern20,21,26,27,182, 32520,204.4 192.09.90.9
TraditionalAll Excluding Modern14,770.5 119.90.5-2.7
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-333,477.4 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply353,099.2 103.7-1.1-5.0
Manufacturing industries10-3331,326.6 169.47.6-0.1
Mining and quarrying05-09549.1 75.8-8.20.5
Transportable goods industries05-3331,875.7 167.87.5-0.1
Industries05-3534,974.9 162.67.4-0.3
of which: Energy producing industries 3,846.3 102.81.3-3.5
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
Table 4 Industrial Turnover Indices1Base Year: 2010=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
2013Year100.1 -1.0 100.2 -1.1
2014Year118.8 18.7 118.5 18.3
2015Year195.9 65.0 195.1 64.5
2016Year192.4 -1.8 191.5 -1.8
2017Year189.8 -1.4 189.1 -1.3
         
20151st quarter191.668.274.0 190.867.773.4
 2nd quarter198.53.665.6 197.73.665.2
 3rd quarter196.5-1.062.5 195.6-1.162.1
 4th quarter195.7-0.471.8 194.8-0.471.2
         
20161st quarter191.1-2.3-0.3 190.1-2.4-0.3
 2nd quarter188.3-1.5-5.1 187.5-1.4-5.1
 3rd quarter195.63.9-0.5 194.73.8-0.5
 4th quarter193.1-1.3-1.3 192.4-1.2-1.2
         
20171st quarter185.6-3.9-2.9 185.0-3.8-2.7
 2nd quarter176.3-5.0-6.4 175.8-5.0-6.3
 3rd quarter189.77.6-3.0 189.17.6-2.9
 4th quarter206.08.66.6 205.18.56.6
         
2015December197.71.671.2 196.61.570.5
         
2016January215.08.821.6 213.88.721.4
February187.4-12.8-3.7 186.6-12.7-3.7
 March170.9-8.8-15.9 170.1-8.8-16.0
April188.410.2-6.0 187.610.3-6.0
May183.5-2.6-4.8 182.6-2.6-4.9
June193.15.2-4.5 192.35.3-4.5
July213.810.78.4 212.610.58.2
August188.0-12.1-5.1 187.3-11.9-5.0
September185.0-1.6-4.6 184.2-1.6-4.6
October194.35.0-0.2 193.65.1-0.2
November210.08.17.9 209.18.08.0
December175.1-16.6-11.4 174.4-16.6-11.3
       
2017January195.711.7-9.0 194.911.7-8.9
February183.9-6.0-1.9 183.3-5.9-1.8
March177.3-3.63.8 176.8-3.54.0
 April182.73.0-3.0 182.13.0-2.9
 May185.21.30.9 184.61.41.1
 June161.0-13.1-16.7 160.7-13.0-16.5
 July187.516.5-12.3 186.916.3-12.1
 August182.3-2.8-3.1 181.6-2.8-3.0
 September199.49.47.8 198.69.37.8
 October198.7-0.42.3 197.8-0.42.2
 November217.09.23.3 215.99.23.3
 December202.2-6.815.5 201.4-6.715.5
1 All data for the latest month is provisional
2 See Background notes for detailed breakdown
Table 5a Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors - Provisional Results December 2017Base Year: 2010=100
Weighting base December 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Turnover EUR million Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-1120,992.2 129.01.75.1
Food products1018,159.7 134.43.08.2
Meat and meat products1014,010.9 141.4-2.02.6
Dairy products1052,854.5 157.75.530.9
Bakery and farinaceous products107743.2 137.56.2-4.6
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,1091,171.8 135.11.45.3
Other food products102-104,1089,379.4 117.70.05.1
Beverages112,832.5 96.4-5.5-11.0
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15322.9 67.8-6.24.9
Wood and wood products, except furniture16712.6 108.112.417.8
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-181,870.1 55.2-5.8-9.3
Chemicals and chemical products202,733.0 85.0-58.5-1.9
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2135,918.5 ***
Rubber and plastic products221,116.8 136.3-0.916.6
Other non-metallic mineral products231,269.7 150.214.65.2
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-251,784.4 113.56.27.1
Computer, electronic and optical products269,640.3 ***
Electrical equipment27588.9 99.3-2.1-5.3
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified281,893.7 ***
Transport equipment29-30751.2 90.64.5-4.4
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,333,967.8 96.3-11.7-13.5
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-337,816.3 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply354,929.9 ......
Manufacturing industries10-3390,184.1 202.2-6.815.5
Mining and quarrying05-091,023.8 126.95.916.1
Transportable goods industries05-3391,207.9 201.4-6.715.5
Industries05-3596,137.7 ......
of which: Energy producing industries 7,324.1 ......
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
.. Data not available
Table 5b Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors 3 monthly - Provisional ResultsBase Year: 2010=100
Weighting base October 2017 - December 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Turnover EUR million Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-1120,992.2 129.32.43.8
Food products1018,159.7 134.83.76.1
Meat and meat products1014,010.9 143.2-2.62.8
Dairy products1052,854.5 152.3-4.322.8
Bakery and farinaceous products107743.2 133.37.7-2.2
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,1091,171.8 136.2-0.26.2
Other food products102-104,1089,379.4 123.38.73.3
Beverages112,832.5 98.8-4.3-10.3
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15322.9 71.2-1.49.0
Wood and wood products, except furniture16712.6 98.77.513.8
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-181,870.1 56.9-5.7-8.7
Chemicals and chemical products202,733.0 174.9-9.284.2
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2135,918.5 ***
Rubber and plastic products221,116.8 136.26.917.2
Other non-metallic mineral products231,269.7 139.28.30.2
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-251,784.4 110.19.613.5
Computer, electronic and optical products269,640.3 ***
Electrical equipment27588.9 98.6-3.5-3.4
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified281,893.7 ***
Transport equipment29-30751.2 87.9-5.4-6.3
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,333,967.8 100.910.1-4.4
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-337,816.3 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply354,929.9 ......
Manufacturing industries10-3390,184.1 206.08.66.6
Mining and quarrying05-091,023.8 121.8-6.91.4
Transportable goods industries05-3391,207.9 205.18.56.6
Industries05-3596,137.7 ......
of which: Energy producing industries 7,324.1 ......
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
.. Data not available
Table 5c Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors - Final Results November 2017Base Year: 2010=100
Weighting base November 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Turnover EUR million Index% change on previous monthAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-1120,992.2 126.8-4.0-0.6
Food products1018,159.7 130.5-6.50.8
Meat and meat products1014,010.9 144.30.13.5
Dairy products1052,854.5 149.4-0.215.8
Bakery and farinaceous products107743.2 129.4-2.7-3.8
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,1091,171.8 133.2-5.01.7
Other food products102-104,1089,379.4 117.7-12.6-5.3
Beverages112,832.5 102.14.1-9.5
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15322.9 72.3-1.512.0
Wood and wood products, except furniture16712.6 96.24.711.4
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-181,870.1 58.73.14.6
Chemicals and chemical products202,733.0 204.8-12.8106.3
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2135,918.5 ***
Rubber and plastic products221,116.8 137.52.016.2
Other non-metallic mineral products231,269.7 131.1-3.7-6.5
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-251,784.4 106.8-2.820.6
Computer, electronic and optical products269,640.3 ***
Electrical equipment27588.9 101.56.70.3
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified281,893.7 ***
Transport equipment29-30751.2 86.70.5-10.4
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,333,967.8 109.112.2-0.7
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-337,816.3 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply354,929.9 ......
Manufacturing industries10-3390,184.1 217.09.23.3
Mining and quarrying05-091,023.8 119.81.1-4.7
Transportable goods industries05-3391,207.9 215.99.23.3
Industries05-3596,137.7 ......
of which: Energy producing industries 7,324.1 ......
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
.. Data not available
Table 5d Turnover Indices for Industrial Sectors 3 monthly - Final ResultsBase Year: 2010=100
Weighting base September 2017 - November 2017
   Seasonally Adjusted Indices
Industrial SectorNACEYear 2010 Turnover EUR million Index% change on previous periodAnnual % change
Food products and beverages10-1120,992.2 127.50.3-0.8
Food products1018,159.7 132.21.00.0
Meat and meat products1014,010.9 144.1-2.14.7
Dairy products1052,854.5 153.0-0.126.1
Bakery and farinaceous products107743.2 130.74.90.0
Grain mill and starch products; Prepared animal feeds106,1091,171.8 138.21.79.0
Other food products102-104,1089,379.4 120.42.7-10.5
Beverages112,832.5 100.5-2.7-5.8
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather related products13-15322.9 72.71.79.7
Wood and wood products, except furniture16712.6 93.10.59.5
Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of recorded media17-181,870.1 57.6-12.1-13.4
Chemicals and chemical products202,733.0 214.39.4112.6
Basic pharmaceutical products and preparations2135,918.5 ***
Rubber and plastic products221,116.8 134.67.516.8
Other non-metallic mineral products231,269.7 133.85.0-1.2
Basic metals and fabricated metal products24-251,784.4 107.512.413.4
Computer, electronic and optical products269,640.3 ***
Electrical equipment27588.9 101.5-0.07.2
Machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified281,893.7 ***
Transport equipment29-30751.2 90.71.2-2.2
Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment12,15,19,29-31,333,967.8 100.910.9-1.0
Other manufacture, repair and installation of machinery and equipment32-337,816.3 ***
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply354,929.9 ......
Manufacturing industries10-3390,184.1 205.115.94.4
Mining and quarrying05-091,023.8 120.6-9.6-1.8
Transportable goods industries05-3391,207.9 204.115.74.3
Industries05-3596,137.7 ......
of which: Energy producing industries 7,324.1 ......
* Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed depending on other data suppression in additional statistical releases produced later in the year.
.. Data not available

Background Notes

Introduction  

The monthly industrial inquiry index monitors current trends in the volume of production of industrial local units with three or more persons engaged.  The primary purpose of the index is to measure changes in value added at constant prices. 

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. 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 2014 updated industrial production and turnover indices are being published to base year 2010=100.

The response rates for the provisional results are typically 46% in terms of the local units surveyed covering 84% of  the value of production and  82% of the  value of turnover.  The corresponding figures for the final results are 71%, 91% and 90% respectively.  These response rates are based on averages for the 12 months of 2013.  In September 2009 an additional question on response burden showed that respondents took an average of 19 minutes to complete the monthly inquiry form.

Sample covered

The monthly survey which provides data for calculating the indices covers the larger local units which between them account for the bulk of industrial output – in general those which in the base year 2010 had twenty or more persons engaged in NACE 5 to 39.  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 the 20 persons engaged threshold were applied.  The business activity classifications are based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2). 

Methodology

Individual production and turnover sub-indices are compiled for each detailed NACE class.  These sub-indices are combined to provide the indices for broader sectoral groupings, using as weights for a sector the gross value added at factor cost for production indices, and turnover in goods produced and industrial services provided to others for turnover indices, for all units in that sector covered in the 2010 Census of Industrial Production (CIP).  Weights and base year are revised every five years. 

The production index is compiled using two methods. One method is based on current value data being converted to values at base year prices using suitable Wholesale Price Index (WPI) deflators. Alternatively, the series has been compiled using updated prices from the Prodcom 2010 survey.  

Seasonal Adjustment 

Seasonal adjustment is conducted using the direct seasonal adjustment approach.  Under this approach each individual series is independently adjusted, e.g. aggregate series are adjusted without reference to the component series.  Seasonal adjustment models are developed for each series based on unadjusted data spanning from January 2008 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  http://www.cso.ie/px/u/NACECoder/NACEItems/searchnace.asp

Definitions

"All Industries"

All industries is 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

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

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

Retrospection

Indices calculated under the current system (Base year 2010) have been calculated from January 2010. When making comparisons with data produced in previous monthly industrial production and turnover releases it should be noted that:

From January 2010 some companies would have moved NACE from where they were for Base Year 2005. This may have been at the;

4 digit level e.g. moving from NACE 1052 to 1051

3 digit level e.g. moving from NACE 1052 to 1061

2 digit level e.g. moving NACE 1052 to 1101

In January 2014 a new sample was introduced which would include companies that were not included before or were dropped from the last sample i.e.

  • change in the number of employees i.e. company size
  • A change in NACE i.e. not previously in NACE 05 - 35

Updated Wholesale Price Index (Base Year = 2010)

The wholesale price indices were revised in September  2013 to include updated weights (base year = 2010). New base year weights were compiled for the Wholesale Price Index using the results of the 2010 Census of Industrial Production (CIP) and the Prodcom Inquiry surveys.  New baseweights were applied to each three digit NACE group on the basis of the Census of Industrial Production and the commodity groups weights were assigned on the basis of the Prodcom Inquiry.  The business activity classifications used in the updated WPI series are based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community i.e. NACE Rev. 2.  For further information on the updated WPI indices see the CSO publication Wholesale Price Index, Introduction of Updated Series Base Year 2010 = 100.

The individual series have been revised with updated deflators.

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