Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q1 2017

Actual and expected changes in employment, by division and main industrial groupings. Diffusion index. Unadjusted figures¹
	Changes from previous quarter		Expected changes in next quarter
	1st quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	1st quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017
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	39.3	44.9	42.0	48.2

Manufacturing	39.2	44.5	41.9	47.9
Food, beverages and tobacco	46.3	48.0	52.5	46.4
Food products	47.0	47.9	54.1	46.6
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	52.5	62.4	65.8	47.6
Wood and wood products	55.5	55.9	50.5	59.1
Paper and paper products	29.1	42.9	37.4	48.2
Printing, reproduction	28.0	42.3	27.1	43.9
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	45.6	49.5	50.0	50.3
Basic chemicals	49.7	50.5	47.0	50.0
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	41.2	46.6	54.5	61.1
Basic metals	51.9	53.7	46.0	47.7
Non-ferrous metals	48.6	54.0	48.3	50.8
Fabricated metal products	38.2	40.5	39.3	52.9
Computer and electrical equipment	29.3	47.8	42.7	46.9
Machinery and equipment	26.1	27.9	28.7	38.4
Ships, boats and oil platforms	17.1	36.5	18.1	39.2
Transport equipment n.e.c	62.6	45.3	39.7	33.0
Repair, installation of machinery	41.1	40.9	36.9	46.6
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	37.2	43.4	33.1	52.7

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	43.1	51.1	48.0	55.3
Capital goods	32.2	37.2	31.8	42.8
Consumer goods	44.5	46.7	48.5	46.3

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