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Industrial output decreased by 4.5 per cent year-on-year in March

According to Statistics Finland, output of total industries adjusted for working days was 4.5 per cent lower in March 2015 than twelve months earlier. Seasonally adjusted output contracted by 0.7 per cent in March from February.

Adjusted for working days, industrial output (C) decreased by 4.8 per cent in March from one year back. Seasonally adjusted output contracted by 1.1 per cent in March from February.

Table 1. Volume index of industrial output, value added, original, working day adjusted, seasonally adjusted change percentage

	Value added share	Original change percentage, 2015 MAR / 2014 MAR	Working day adj. change percentage, 2015 MAR / 2014 MAR	Seasonal adj. change percentage, 2015 MAR / 2015 FEB
Industry (Tol 2008)
Total industries	100,0	-2,1	-4,5	-0,7
B Mining and quarrying	1,9	-25,0	-25,0	-4,0
C Manufacturing	85,0	-2,3	-4,8	-1,1
10 Manufacture of food products	7,7	-1,8	-6,5	-2,3
11 Manufacture of beverages	1,3	10,8	5,1	0,4
13 Manufacture of textiles	0,5	3,5	-1,3	-16,8
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	0,4	-5,7	-9,2	1,3
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	0,2	-21,1	-21,1	-0,1
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	3,6	-2,6	-4,6	-2,7
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	9,4	-2,9	-2,9	-0,3
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	1,8	-5,0	-8,3	2,0
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	3,3	4,7	1,8	3,5
24 Manufacture of basic metals	5,6	-1,9	-3,5	-4,0
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	8,3	-5,7	-7,7	-0,7
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	10,9	-7,6	-10,1	-3,9
31 Manufacture of furniture	1,1	-5,4	-10,6	-2,4
32 Other manufacturing	0,9	23,0	23,0	2,2
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	3,9	16,2	13,8	-4,2
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	10,6	3,3	3,3	5,4
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	2,6	-0,1	1,4	3,3
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	0,3	-1,5	-1,5	-0,7
Main industrial groupings:
Raw materials and productive goods	42,2	-1,3	-2,8	-0,8
Investment goods	26,0	-5,7	-8,3	-2,7
Durable goods	1,4	2,7	-2,5	-7,2
Other consumer goods	15,0	-2,9	-6,7	1,9
Special indices:
10-11 Food industry	9,0	-0,1	-5,0	-1,7
13-15 Textile, clothing and leather industry	1,1	-3,7	-6,4	11,1
16-17 Forest industry	13,0	-2,8	-3,8	-1,5
19-22 Chemical industry	13,4	-1,0	-1,0	2,1
24-30 Metal industry	37,6	-5,4	-7,8	-2,4
26-27 Electrical and electronics industry	10,3	-0,5	-3,6	-0,6
25,28-30,33 Machinery and metal product industry	25,6	-5,4	-7,9	-3,2
29-30 Manufacture of transport equipment	2,6	-19,9	-19,9	-5,2

Source: Volume Index of Industrial Output 2015, March. Statistics Finland

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Updated 8.5.2015