Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q1 2013

Actual and expected changes in employment, by division and main industrial groupings. Diffusion index. Unadjusted figures¹
	Changes from previous quarter		Expected changes in next quarter
	1st quarter 2012	1st quarter 2013	1st quarter 2012	1st quarter 2013
¹A diffusion index is compiled using the estimated percentages on "ups" and "same" according to the formula: (ups + 0,5 * same) after adjustments for non-response.
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying	50.4	47.9	54.7	51.7

Manufacturing	50.3	47.6	54.5	51.7
Food, beverages and tobacco	47.6	45.2	52.5	46.6
Food products	48.3	46.0	52.4	46.6
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	60.5	52.6	59.9	59.7
Wood and wood products	44.6	32.4	59.0	54.9
Paper and paper products	26.3	37.2	22.9	42.0
Printing, reproduction	44.6	43.1	42.0	28.3
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	40.0	39.0	47.6	47.0
Basic chemicals	39.2	40.9	54.4	52.7
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	48.3	36.7	57.1	49.7
Basic metals	41.7	35.2	41.2	35.2
Non-ferrous metals	37.3	27.0	43.1	37.3
Fabricated metal products	55.1	50.3	57.4	53.1
Computer and electrical equipment	63.4	54.3	56.4	57.9
Machinery and equipment	59.0	65.4	63.9	66.0
Ships, boats and oil plattforms	64.4	68.7	60.7	56.0
Transport equipment n.e.c	52.3	40.3	52.5	32.5
Repair, installation of machinery	48.9	53.9	63.5	68.2
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	35.4	25.6	45.7	43.0

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	47.5	42.6	51.9	52.2
Capital goods	57.0	58.6	62.6	58.5
Consumer goods	46.7	42.3	50.0	44.7

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