Industry, Construction - January

In January 2009 seasonally adjusted industrial production was down by 2.9% m-o-m and down by 23.3% y-o-y.
In January 2009 seasonally adjusted construction output was down by 0.4% m-o-m and down by 11.1% y-o-y.
Industry

In January 2009 industrial production declined by 23.3% y-o-y, working day adjusted industrial production fell by 21.5%. There was one working day less in January 2009 compared with January 2008. Seasonally adjusted (SA) and working day adjusted (WDA) industrial production fell by 2.9% m-o-m. The year-on-year drop of industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers incl. contracted works (contribution -0.6 p.p., drop by 36.1%), manufacture of fabricated metal products incl. contracted works (contribution -3.4 p.p., drop by 37.8%) and manufacture of machinery and equipment incl. related services and works (contribution -2.4 p.p., drop by 29.0%).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices dropped by 21.1% y-o-y. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises decreased by 26.9% at current prices. Their share in total revenues of industrial enterprises made up 42.3%.

The year-on-year index of new orders totalled 73.4%, of which non-domestic new orders made up 72.9%. The biggest drop of new orders in total was recorded in the following CZ-NACE divisions: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers incl. contracted works (contribution -10.4 p.p., drop by 36.0%), manufacture of fabricated metal products incl. contracted works (contribution -6.5 p.p., drop by 40.0%) and manufacture of machinery and equipment incl. related services and works (contribution -4.7 p.p., drop by 37.2%). New orders increased only in the following CZ-NACE divisions: manufacture of other transport equipment incl. related services and works (contribution 0.7 p.p., growth by 87.5%), manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products incl. related services and works (contribution 0.6 p.p., growth by 5.6%) and manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations incl. contracted works (contribution 0.2 p.p., growth by 17.9%).

The average registered number of employees in enterprises with 50 or more employees in industry decreased by 5.8% y-o-y. Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 2.0% y-o-y and reached CZK 23 020.

Construction

In January 2009 construction output was down by 11.1% y-o-y at constant prices, working day adjusted construction output fell by 10.0%. Seasonally adjusted construction output decreased by 0.4% m-o-m. The y-o-y fall in construction output was affected by not quite favourable weather conditions (the average daily temperature in January 2009 was by 5°C lower compared to January 2008). Like in the previous months building construction output continued decreasing (-16.4%*) and civil engineering output growing (+14.2%).

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees increased by 0.1% y-o-y. Their average monthly nominal wage grew by 3.7% y-o-y and reached CZK 24 152.
According to the Eurostat news release, WDA industrial production in the EU 27 declined by 16.3% y-o-y in January 2009.

According to the Eurostat news release, WDA construction output in the EU 27 dropped by 6.7% y-o-y in December 2008. Building construction fell by 7.7% and civil engineering dropped by 1.3%. Data for January 2009 are to be released by Eurostat at 11:00 on 23 March 2009.
Starting from January 2009 the industry and construction figures are in compliance with the new CZ-NACE classification. Exhaustive information on the introduction of this classification including conversion tables is available at:
/klasifikace_ekonomickych_cinnosti_-cz_nace- .
The time series of basic industry and construction data have been recalculated accordingly. More detailed information and recalculated time series covering the period 2000–2008 are available in the section Methodology, Time series:
Industry: /produkty/pru_ts
Construction: /produkty/sta_ts

*Note: There was a misprint in the text of the news release. The correct figure for building construction output is a decrease of 16.4%, not 6.4%. The figure in the table and in the time series remains unchanged. Thank you for your understanding.

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Notes:
Contacts:
Industry - Jan Ernest, phone (+420)274054188, E-mail: jan.ernest@csu.gov.cz
Construction - Petra Cuřínová, phone (+420)274054199, E-mail: petra.curinova@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO direct surveys
End of data collection : 9 March 2009
End of data processing : 19 March 2009