Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, Q3 2019

Actual and expected changes in total production, by division and main industrial groupings. Diffusion index. Unadjusted figures¹
	Changes from previous quarter		Expected changes in next quarter
	3rd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2018	3rd 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	52.4	52.5	59.2	54.3

Manufacturing	52.5	52.4	59.7	54.7
Food, beverages and tobacco	54.0	49.9	65.3	64.1
Food products	54.5	50.3	64.5	65.2
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather	64.6	49.9	57.9	56.3
Wood and wood products	59.4	65.6	50.2	40.7
Paper and paper products	59.1	60.6	34.5	38.4
Printing, reproduction	35.8	44.3	60.5	59.0
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac.	45.4	55.2	62.9	50.4
Basic chemicals	51.9	63.5	51.9	46.8
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod.	59.8	58.2	52.8	44.6
Basic metals	57.8	36.9	50.5	46.2
Non-ferrous metals	55.5	35.4	46.9	48.4
Fabricated metal products	55.3	51.0	65.5	60.1
Computer and electrical equipment	55.8	53.9	55.0	57.8
Machinery and equipment	49.6	57.4	63.3	49.5
Ships, boats and oil platforms	49.0	56.2	56.1	50.5
Transport equipment n.e.c	53.6	31.9	61.9	60.6
Repair, installation of machinery	51.2	55.9	56.4	51.3
Furniture and manufacturing n.e.c.	30.2	37.1	66.5	61.3

Main industrial groupings:
Intermediate goods	55.5	56.6	52.4	48.2
Capital goods	51.4	54.4	60.9	53.2
Consumer goods	50.7	46.5	64.5	62.3

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