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Growth in manufacturing
According to seasonally adjusted figures there was a 1.0 per cent growth in output in manufacturing from December 2004 to February 2005, compared with the previous three-month period. Intermediate goods and capital goods showed an increase.
The production of intermediate goods increased by 2.0 per cent in the same period, due to an increase within the wood and wood products, pulp, paper and paper products and basic chemicals industries.
Capital goods
The output of capital goods increased by 2.7 per cent from December 2004 to February 2005, compared with the previous three-month period. The engineering industries contributed most to the increase.
Consumer goods
The output of consumer goods saw a 0.4 per cent drop, due to a decrease in the output of food products.
Index of production, January 2005
The figures for January 2005 have been revised due to new information. The new figures are published with the figures for February 2005.
| Monthly Index of production. February 2005 Changes in percent |
| Adjusted to the length of month 1 | Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| February 2004- February 2005 | December 2003- February 2004-December 2004- February 2005 | January 2005-February 2005 | September- November 2004- December 2004- February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The overall index | -2.0 | -2.4 | 1.7 | -2.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oil and Gas Extraction | -5.9 | -8.6 | 2.5 | -4.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 3.0 | 4.8 | -0.8 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity, Gas and Steam Supply | 25.4 | 14.2 | 11.2 | 17.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Main industrial groupings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intermediate goods | 4.8 | 6.7 | -2.5 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital goods | 5.5 | 8.0 | -0.9 | 2.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer goods | -1.5 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy goods | -3.0 | -6.5 | 3.1 | -2.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Recalculated to standard month and adjusted for different number of working days per week. |
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