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Minor change in production
Industrial production went down by 1.1 per cent in the period June to August 2009 compared with March to May, according to seasonally adjusted figures. The decline was, however, lesser than in the two previous three-month periods.
Output in refined petroleum, chemicals and pharmaceutical products went down by 7.0 per cent in this last period. Fabricated metal products and ships, boats and oil platforms went down by 3.2 and 2.5 per cent respectively. The decline in ships, boats and oil platforms is partly due to the decreasing stocks of unfilled orders (see Statistics on new orders ).
After a sharp drop in production in the two previous three-month periods, production in basic metals went up by 3.8 per cent in June to August compared with the previous three-month period. The output in wood and wood products and food products increased by 6.5 and 1.0 per cent respectively.
From July to August 2009
Output in Norwegian manufacturing increased by 0.8 per cent from July to August 2009, according to seasonally-adjusted figures. After a steady fall since April 2008, industrial production has risen two months in a row. This contributes to the lesser decline in this three-month period.
Production in basic chemicals went up by 10.1 percent from July to August 2009, while output in fabricated metal products increased by 4.6 per cent. Production in food, beverage and tobacco and repair, installation of machinery went down by 1.1 and 4.0 per cent respectively.
From August 2008 to August 2009
Output in manufacturing decreased by 7.9 per cent from July 2008 to July 2009, according to working-day adjusted figures. Basic metals and paper and paper products have subsequently had a significant drop in output, while the production in food products and machinery and equipment increased by 3.8 and 1.7 per cent respectively.
Norway and the Euro area
The Norwegian manufacturing output decreased by 8.9 per cent from July 2008 to July 2009, according to working-day adjusted figures. Industrial production in the Euro area dropped 16.9 per cent in the same period, according to figures published by Eurostat.
| Adjusted for working-days 1 | Seasonally adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| August 2008-August 2009 | January 2008-August 2008- January 2009-August 2009 | July 2009-August 2009 | March 2009-May 2009- June 2009-August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The overall index | 0.0 | -3.2 | 1.5 | -2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oil and Gas Extraction | 3.2 | -1.1 | 1.4 | -2.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | -7.9 | -7.5 | 0.8 | -1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity, Gas and Steam Supply | -6.7 | -11.7 | 9.4 | -6.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Main industrial groupings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intermediate goods | -11.3 | -10.8 | 16.7 | -6.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital goods | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer goods | -3.2 | -6.9 | 0.2 | -1.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy goods | 1.9 | -1.9 | 0.7 | -2.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Adjusted for working-days and for public holidays in Norway. |
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