Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q3 2018

Actual and expected changes in new orders from the export market, by division and main industrial groupings. Diffusion index. Unadjusted figures¹
	Changes from previous quarter		Expected changes in next quarter
	3rd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2018
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	48.8	52.4	53.3	58.3

Manufacturing	48.6	52.5	53.5	59.0
Food, beverages and tobacco	59.9	55.3	55.5	56.6
Food products	61.2	58.6	56.0	57.9
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	52.8	64.1	48.3	75.0
Wood and wood products	44.6	48.2	48.8	55.1
Paper and paper products	45.8	57.6	45.8	57.6
Printing, reproduction	62.3	50.0	50.0	50.0
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	57.2	49.2	58.6	60.3
Basic chemicals	52.0	42.6	55.0	66.4
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	54.0	44.7	57.3	63.6
Basic metals	51.2	53.2	48.2	47.1
Non-ferrous metals	48.8	51.6	46.5	42.0
Fabricated metal products	40.5	48.2	62.0	60.6
Computer and electrical equipment	35.0	47.3	50.5	59.8
Machinery and equipment	53.0	58.5	61.1	66.2
Ships, boats and oil platforms	30.8	58.2	42.9	53.7
Transport equipment n.e.c	65.2	65.0	50.0	58.3
Repair, installation of machinery	41.6	62.2	48.5	51.0
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	53.0	28.3	44.3	75.1

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	48.4	48.4	54.8	56.0
Capital goods	43.0	58.8	52.8	58.9
Consumer goods	57.5	50.3	51.8	61.6

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