Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q1 2021

Actual and expected changes in new orders from home market, by division and main industrial groupings. Diffusion index. Unadjusted figures¹
	Changes from previous quarter		Expected changes in next quarter
	1st quarter 2020	1st quarter 2021	1st quarter 2020	1st quarter 2021
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	39.0	48.4	33.4	58.1

Manufacturing	39.0	48.6	33.5	57.9
Food, beverages and tobacco	40.7	44.9	45.8	61.3
Food products	40.7	43.1	48.6	61.4
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	48.4	59.1	39.8	62.0
Wood and wood products	45.1	69.4	42.0	76.0
Paper and paper products	47.5	38.6	41.7	67.7
Printing, reproduction	21.7	23.0	12.9	61.5
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	53.6	57.4	47.1	54.6
Basic chemicals	59.4	59.5	42.6	58.1
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	40.2	51.7	39.4	68.0
Basic metals	44.2	50.2	21.5	45.4
Non-ferrous metals	40.2	56.3	27.6	45.3
Fabricated metal products	37.5	46.4	29.6	55.0
Computer and electrical equipment	49.1	46.9	32.5	53.2
Machinery and equipment	32.6	43.2	21.2	46.5
Ships, boats and oil platforms	26.1	50.9	17.8	47.5
Transport equipment n.e.c	8.0	76.7	8.7	50.0
Repair, installation of machinery	38.3	45.0	30.9	54.5
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	28.9	45.8	15.8	61.3

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	46.4	53.8	37.4	62.7
Capital goods	32.3	46.1	24.7	51.1
Consumer goods	38.5	45.0	38.7	60.4

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