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Minor changes in manufacturing
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2011-04-07T10:00:00.000Z
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Index of industrial production, February 2011

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Minor changes in manufacturing

Industrial production went down 0.4 per cent in December 2010 to February 2011 compared with the previous three-month period, according to seasonally-adjusted figures.

Manufacturing. Seasonally adjusted. Three-month moving average 2000-2011

Production in food products, wood and wood products as well as refined petroleum, chemicals and pharmaceutical products saw a drop in this last period. Basic metals, computer and electrical equipment together with transport equipment had a growth in the output. This is connected to improvements in new and unfilled orders in the 4th quarter of 2010 (see statistics on new orders ).

From February 2010 to February 2011

Output in manufacturing increased by 2.0 per cent from February 2010 to February 2011, according to working-day adjusted figures. Machinery and equipment, ships, boats and oil platforms as well as computer and electrical equipment saw a growth in the production in this period. Food products and paper and paper products had a drop in production from February 2010 to February 2011.

From January 2011 to February 2011

Index of production for manufacturing. January 2000-February 2011, 2005=100

The output in manufacturing went down 0.3 per cent from January to February 2011, according to seasonally-adjusted figures. Shutdowns for maintenance and extraordinary stops in production have affected the output in food products and paper and paper products in February 2011. However the output in industries like machinery and equipment and ships, boats and oil platforms saw an increase from January to February 2011.

Norway and the euro area

There was a 3.3 per cent increase in Norwegian manufacturing output from January 2010 to January 2011, according to working-day adjusted figures. Industrial production in the euro area increased by 8.2 per cent in the same period, according to figures published by Eurostat .

Monthly Index of production. February 2011. Changes in per cent
 
  Adjusted for working-days1 Seasonally adjusted
  February 2010-
February 2011		      December 2009-February 2010-
December 2010-February 2011		      January 2011-
February 2011		      September 2010-November 2010-
December 2010-February 2011
 
The overall index -6.1 -5.0 0.1 0.1
         
Oil and Gas Extraction -9.3 -7.9 -0.6 0.9
Manufacturing 2.0 2.4 -0.3 -0.4
Electricity, Gas and Steam Supply -16.4 -13.0 4.3 -4.7
         
Main industrial groupings        
Intermediate goods 4.2 6.7 0.3 2.1
Capital goods 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.4
Consumer goods -1.2 -0.5 -1.3 -3.9
Energy goods -10.3 -9.1 -1.6 0.1
 
1  Adjusted for working-days and for public holidays in Norway.

Interpretation of seasonally-adjusted figures

In order to facilitate the interpretation of the short-term development, the index of production publishes three-month moving averages of the seasonally-adjusted figures. We normally compare the latest non-overlapping three-month periods, for instance December 2010 to February 2011 compared with September to November 2010. Seasonally-adjusted monthly changes must be interpreted with caution.

 

 

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