Turnover in oil and gas, manufacturing, mining and electricity supply, April 2007

Seasonally adjusted figures show that turnover in all main industrial groupings except energy goods increased in the last three-month period. Capital goods had the strongest growth with an increase of 6.6 per cent, mainly caused by increased turnover in transport equipment, oil platforms and modules. Intermediate goods rose by 3.7 per cent. Turnover in the largest industry within consumer goods, food products, beverage and tobacco, experienced a decline in this period. Consumer goods still had an increase of 0.9 per cent. Energy goods fell by 1.1 per cent, caused by a decline in the domestic market.

Decline in turnover from March to April 2007

Seasonally adjusted figures show that capital goods experienced a decrease of 13.5 per cent in turnover from March to April 2007 after a substantial rise from February to March. The change in energy goods was positive with an increase of 4.0 per cent, mainly caused by upswing in export market. Consumer goods show a decrease in turnover of 1.0 per cent, which was also the case for the last month, whereas intermediate goods experienced a decline of less than 1 per cent.