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Significant growth in manufacturing
The output in manufacturing has increased by 3.8 per cent from November 2005 to January 2006 compared with the previous three months, according to seasonally adjusted figures.
The output in capital goods saw a 5.6 per cent improvement during this last period. A significant growth has taken place within oil platforms and modules. These changes came from a high level of activity related to the Norwegian Continental shelf and to constructions and installations on land. Transport equipment and fabricated metal products have also seen a significant increase in production.
Intermediate goods
The output in intermediate goods had a 4.1 per cent growth from November 2005 to January 2006 compared with previous three months. Wood and wood products and pulp, paper and paper products saw an improvement, but non-ferrous metals saw a minor drop during this last period.
Consumer goods
The consumer goods output has increased by 3.1 per cent from November last year to January this year compared with the previous three months. Food products and printing, publishing and reproduction have seen a growth in production.
Industrial production in the euro-zone
From December 2004 to December 2005 there was a 4.1 per cent growth in the Norwegian manufacturing output. The industrial production rose by 2.5 per cent in the euro-zone during the same period, according to figures from Euro stat.
| Monthly Index of production. Januar 2006. Changes in per cent |
| Adjusted to the length of month 1 | Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| January 2005-January 2006 | November 2004-January 2005-November 2005-January 2006 | December 2005-January 2006 | August 2005-October 2005-November 2005-January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The overall index | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | -0.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oil and gas extraction | 1.1 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 6.1 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity, gas and steam supply | 11.2 | 18.9 | -0.7 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Main industrial groupings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intermediate goods | 5.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital goods | 9.6 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 5.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer goods | 3.1 | 2.7 | -1.7 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy goods | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | -2.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Recalculated to standard month and adjusted for different number of working days per week. |
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