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Further growth in manufacturing output
Manufacturing output rose by 3.7 per cent from the first to the second quarter of 2008, according to seasonally adjusted figures. This was due to an advance in the intermediate goods output and a further upturn in the production of capital goods.
The output of intermediate goods grew by 5.5 per cent in the second quarter this year compared with the previous quarter. The production of basic chemicals and basic metals has contributed to this expansion. This development was partly due to a growth in the Norwegian solar energy industry and the production of intermediate goods for use in this industry.
Favourable order situation
There was a 6.9 per cent increase in the capital goods output in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the first quarter, according to seasonally adjusted figures. This was affected by a further growth in output within oil platforms, machinery and equipment as well as transport equipment. The positive development within the output of capital goods continued due to the favourable order situation .
Consumer goods output went down by 1.3 per cent in the second quarter this year compared with the first quarter. Food products saw a fall in production, while the output in publishing, printing and reproduction expanded.
From May to June 2008
According to seasonally adjusted figures, manufacturing output dropped by 1.2 per cent from May to June 2008. The output of intermediate and consumer goods was reduced.
Growth since June 2007
Manufacturing output advanced by 4.7 per cent from June 2007 to 2008, according to working-day adjusted figures. The production of capital goods increased by 12.8 per cent, whereas the output of consumer goods decreased 3.2 per cent in this period.
Norway and the euro area
According to working-day adjusted figures there was a 5.6 per cent increase in Norwegian manufacturing output from May 2007 to May 2008. Industrial production in the euro area dropped by 0.5 per cent in the same period, according to figures published by Eurostat .
| Adjusted for working-days 1 | Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| June 2007-June 2008 | January 2007-June 2007- January 2008-June 2008 | May 2008-June 2008 | Januar 2008-March 2008- April 2008-June 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The overall index | 5.9 | 1.4 | -0.7 | -0.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oil and Gas Extraction | 8.9 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -3.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 4.7 | 4.1 | -1.2 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity, Gas and Steam Supply | 9.3 | 9.1 | 4.2 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Main industrial groupings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intermediate goods | 4.2 | 1.7 | -2.5 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital goods | 12.8 | 12.7 | -1.0 | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer goods | -3.2 | -0.7 | -1.9 | -1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy goods | 8.3 | 1.0 | -0.9 | -2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Adjusted for working-days and for moving holidays. |
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