Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q3 2018

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
	3rd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2018
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	50.1	51.7	53.4	58.0

Manufacturing	50.2	51.9	53.7	58.5
Food, beverages and tobacco	51.4	51.8	60.4	64.5
Food products	51.6	53.1	60.1	63.8
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	49.6	64.0	56.7	61.9
Wood and wood products	57.8	64.7	50.4	41.6
Paper and paper products	50.0	56.3	54.4	48.8
Printing, reproduction	50.7	29.6	58.3	57.6
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	53.2	49.9	46.1	50.3
Basic chemicals	54.2	42.8	42.7	45.5
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	51.2	60.4	53.7	53.0
Basic metals	50.5	48.9	38.0	51.4
Non-ferrous metals	49.7	43.9	32.5	50.0
Fabricated metal products	56.4	60.7	58.5	67.2
Computer and electrical equipment	39.1	56.4	42.3	48.1
Machinery and equipment	43.1	52.3	53.2	68.2
Ships, boats and oil platforms	45.8	35.3	46.0	55.2
Transport equipment n.e.c	67.9	43.6	51.8	44.7
Repair, installation of machinery	50.6	47.8	51.4	55.1
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	44.6	42.3	63.6	65.6

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	54.7	55.3	49.1	51.0
Capital goods	45.9	48.5	52.1	60.2
Consumer goods	50.2	51.4	59.5	63.4

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