30 June 2020

2020- n° 168

In April 2020, further fall of the turnover in the manufacturing industry (−22.9%) Turnover in industry and construction - April 2020

In April 2020, the turnover collapsed again in the manufacturing industry (−22.9% after −17.1%) as in industry as a whole (−21.1% after −14.0%).

Compared to February (last month before the start of containment), the turnover fell in the manufacturing industry (−36.1%) as in industry as a whole (−32.2%).

Export turnover decreased also (−31.3% after −15.5%).

The turnover in “other manufacturing” declined (−18.2% after −15.7%) in all subsections, although it resisted somewhat better in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (−11.6%) and in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (−12.2%). In the manufacture of transport equipment, the turnover slumped (−53.7% after −33.7%), especially in automotive industry (−67.8% after −39.6%). It fell also in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−22.1% after −16.8%) with a more markedly drop in the manufacture of electrical equipment (−26.4%). The turnover decreased less sharply in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−9.3% after −4.0%) but it slumped also in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−43.9% after −24.3%).

Compared to February, the turnover decreased considerably in the manufacture of “other manufacturing” (−61.3%) and even more in automotive industry (−80.6%). It fell also sharply in the manufacture of electrical equipment (−43.8%), in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (−42.2%), in the manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (−44.9%) and in the manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products (−48.4%). The contraction was significant but lower in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (−23.9%), in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (−17.7%), in the manufacture of food products and beverages(−12.9%) and in mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management (−13.8%). The drop was limited in the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (−1.6%).

Over the last three months, the turnover declined sharply in the manufacturing industry (−17.8%) as in industry as a whole (−16.0%), compared to the previous three months. Within manufacturing, the turnover decreased sharply in “other manufacturing” (−16.2%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (−32.6%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−18.9%) and also in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−28.5%). It declined slightly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−5.6%).

The turnover over the last three months decreased compared to the same three months of the previous year in the manufacturing industry (−19.0%) as well as in industry as a whole (-17.0%). Over the same period, the turnover fell mainly in “other manufacturing” (−17.1%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (−34.1%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−20.9%), in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−37.5%). The decline was more limited in mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management (−7.5%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−3.6%).

The variation of the turnover index in March 2020 has been reestimated at −17.1% instead of −14.6% in the manufacturing industry and at −14.0% instead of −13.0% in industry as a whole.