Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q1 2019

Actual and expected changes in new orders from the export market, by division and main industrial groupings. Diffusion index. Unadjusted figures¹
	Changes from previous quarter		Expected changes in next quarter
	1st quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	1st quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019
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	53.3	51.3	60.7	59.0

Manufacturing	53.5	51.6	60.4	58.7
Food, beverages and tobacco	44.9	49.5	50.7	58.9
Food products	40.1	47.5	50.3	58.1
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	64.3	49.2	59.9	58.4
Wood and wood products	63.6	44.2	65.6	63.9
Paper and paper products	65.2	39.3	64.4	57.0
Printing, reproduction	62.7	30.5	58.3	57.3
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	44.0	42.2	64.9	54.4
Basic chemicals	37.3	23.0	59.4	60.1
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	37.7	57.3	64.9	59.5
Basic metals	49.6	42.1	65.8	56.3
Non-ferrous metals	50.5	38.1	71.2	51.1
Fabricated metal products	58.0	59.9	57.4	55.2
Computer and electrical equipment	70.2	54.4	74.0	72.8
Machinery and equipment	61.8	57.9	63.7	61.1
Ships, boats and oil platforms	40.6	53.5	54.6	54.7
Transport equipment n.e.c	59.6	65.4	52.9	48.8
Repair, installation of machinery	57.7	57.1	53.7	60.8
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	56.9	45.0	57.0	46.5

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	53.7	49.5	64.5	61.7
Capital goods	54.4	55.8	59.4	57.9
Consumer goods	51.0	46.2	56.1	55.6

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