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New growth in manufacturing
The output in manufacturing increased by 0.8 per cent in the period from September to November 2005, compared with the previous three months, according to seasonally adjusted figures.
The output in capital goods saw a 2.0 per cent improvement during this last period. A significant growth has taken place within oil platform and modules. These changes came from a high level of activity related to the Norwegian Continental shelf and to constructions and installations on land. Transport equipments and fabricated metal products have also seen an increase the production.
Intermediate goods
The production of intermediate goods dropped by 0.8 per cent from September to November 2005, compared with the previous three months. This was due to a downturn in basic chemicals, basic metals and pulp, paper and paper products, caused by lower demand and increased competition from abroad. Even non-ferrous metals saw a minor drop during the last period, while the production of wood and wood products increased.
Consumer goods
The consumer goods output experienced a 0.6 per cent growth from September to November 2005, compared with the previous three months. Publishing, printing and reproduction saw an improvement, while the production of furniture's decreased.
| Monthly Index of production. November 2005. Changes in per cent |
| Adjusted to the length of month 1 | Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| November 2004- November 2005 | January 2004- November 2004- January 2005- November 2005 | October 2005- November 2005 | June 2005- August 2005- September 2005- November 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The overall index | 1.0 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oil and Gas Extraction | -1.2 | -3.4 | 2.6 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity, Gas and Steam Supply | 20.7 | 25.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Main industrial groupings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intermediate goods | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 | -0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital goods | 7.4 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer goods | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy goods | 1.5 | -1.1 | 4.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Recalculated to standard month and adjusted for different number of working days per week. |
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