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Industrial output grew by 8.8 per cent in April

According to Statistics Finland, output of total industries adjusted for working days was 8.8 per cent higher in April 2010 than twelve months earlier. Compared to March seasonally adjusted output grew by 2.1 per cent.

In mining and quarrying working day adjusted output grew by 22.7 per cent from one year ago. Output in manufacturing adjusted for working days exceeded the previous year's level by 6.2 per cent. The biggest year-on-year growth of as much as 38.5 per cent in output adjusted for working days was recorded in the manufacture of motor vehicles. The long period of decline in the paper industry ended late last year. Its pace of growth accelerated in April and amounted to good 28 per cent. Output declined by most, or by good 16 per cent, in the food industry. The decline is explained by industrial action in the industry in April.

Volume index of industrial output, value added, original, working day adjusted, seasonally adjusted change percentage

	Value added share	Original change percentage, 2010 APR / 2009 APR	Working day adj. change percentage, 2010 APR / 2009 APR	Seasonal adj. change percentage, 2010 APR / 2010 MAR
Industry (Tol 2008)
Total industries	100,0	9,6	8,8	2,1
B Mining and quarrying	1,3	28,1	22,7	25,3
C Manufacturing	86,1	8,1	6,2	1,4
10 Manufacture of food products	5,0	-15,4	-15,9	-15,0
11 Manufacture of beverages	0,9	-20,4	-22,9	-14,5
13 Manufacture of textiles	0,6	9,2	4,2	-4,2
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	0,4	9,4	6,9	-1,4
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	0,2	32,2	25,6	11,2
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	4,6	22,3	15,8	0,3
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	8,3	28,6	28,3	20,1
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	1,8	-5,4	-7,3	-5,6
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	3,2	14,5	9,9	1,3
24 Manufacture of basic metals	6,1	33,9	34,8	6,8
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	7,8	10,1	7,9	-2,1
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	9,7	4,8	3,5	1,7
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	1,2	48,2	38,5	20,8
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	1,2	26,5	19,4	4,0
31 Manufacture of furniture	1,2	-3,3	-6,9	-7,2
32 Other manufacturing	1,1	-4,9	-1,6	10,2
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	3,0	-1,0	-4,3	-0,7
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	11,6	20,0	20,1	1,3
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	1,1	0,4	-0,8	-2,5
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	0,8	0,4	-0,2	-1,5
Main industrial groupings:
Raw materials and productive goods	38,6	19,6	16,9	3,3
Investment goods	34,2	6,5	5,8	2,6
Durable goods	1,5	-3,3	-7,1	-5,9
Other consumer goods	10,5	-9,9	-9,8	-6,8
Special indices:
10-11 Food industry	5,9	-16,2	-16,6	-17,0
13-15 Textile, clothing and leather industry	1,3	13,3	11,2	1,6
16-17 Forest industry	12,8	26,3	22,9	5,3
19-22 Chemical industry	10,6	-6,4	-8,2	-6,5
24-30 Metal industry	45,1	11,0	9,3	2,4
26-27 Electrical and electronics industry	19,2	3,9	4,1	2,4
25,28-30,33 Machinery and metal product industry	22,8	8,8	6,5	-2,3
29-30 Manufacture of transport equipment	2,4	38,9	34,9	14,0

Source: Volume Index of Industrial Output 2010, April. Statistics Finland

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Updated 10.06.2010