Industry, Construction - June

In June 2009 seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 2.9% compared with May 2009.
Industrial production fell by 12.2% compared with June 2008.
In June 2009 seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 1.0% compared with May 2009. Construction output rose by 0.1% compared with June 2008.
Industry

In June 2009 industrial production declined by 12.2% compared with June 2008. Working day adjusted the industrial production dropped by 14.3%. June 2009 had one working day more compared to June 2008. Seasonally adjusted (SA) and working day adjusted (WDA) industrial production increased by 2.9% compared with May 2009. The annual decline in industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution –2.5 p.p., drop by 26.6%), manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution –1.7 p.p., drop by 16.5%), manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products; casting of metals (contribution –1.7%, drop by 33.3%) and manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution –1.3 p.p., drop by 8.1%). Industrial production increased in manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco (contribution +0.4 p.p., growth by 9.8%) and manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +0.05 p.p., growth by 4.7%).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices fell by 14.2% compared with June 2008. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises at current prices decreased by 11.1%. Their share in total revenues of industrial enterprises made up 49.6%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities declined by 13.0% compared with June 2008 (non-domestic new orders fell by 8.3%). The y-o-y drop of total new orders was most contributed to by manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products; casting of metals (contribution –5.2%, drop by 49.5%), manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution –2.9%, drop by 19.2%) and manufacture of computers, electrical and optical equipment (contribution –1.4 p.p., drop by 12.8%). New orders grew only in manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +1.0 p.p., growth by 127.1%) and manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (contribution +0.1 p.p., growth by 4.5%).

The average registered number of employees in industrial enterprises with 50 or more employees decreased by 13.1% compared with June 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage rose by 2.4% compared with June 2008 and reached CZK 23 621.

Construction

In June 2009 construction output increased by 0.1% at constant prices compared with June 2008, working day adjusted construction output dropped by 0.9%. June 2009 had one working day more compared to June 2008. Seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 1.0% compared with May 2009. Like in the previous months building construction output continued decreasing (contribution –6.2 p.p., drop by 8.9%) and civil engineering output growing (contribution +6.3 p.p., growth by 21.1%).

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees increased by 1.1% compared with June 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 3.5% compared with June 2008 and reached CZK 26 757.
According to the Eurostat news release, WDA industrial production in the EU 27 declined by 15.9% in May 2009, compared with May 2008. The data for June 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 on 12 August 2009.

According to the Eurostat news release, WDA construction output in the EU 27 dropped by 9.6% in May 2009, compared with May 2008. Building construction fell by 11.5% and civil engineering by 1.7%. The data for June 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 on 19 August 2009.Industry

Industrial production in Q2 2009 fell by 18.8%, compared to Q2 2008. The year-on-year drop of the industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of metal structures and fabricated metal products (contribution –2.8 p.p., drop by 31.2%), manufacture of motor vehicles trailers and semi-trailers (contribution –2.8 p.p., drop by 17.1%) and manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution –2.6 p.p., drop by 26.4%). Industrial production grew in food products, beverages and tobacco (contribution +0.1 p.p., growth by 3.6%).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices fell by 20.3% compared to Q2 2008. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises at current prices decreased by 19.5% compared to Q2 2008.

The average registered number of employees in industrial enterprises with 50 or more employees decreased by 12.2% compared to Q2 2008. The biggest drop was recorded in manufacture of wearing apparel (-27.2%), manufacture of textiles (-25.0%), manufacture of leather and related products (-22.0%), manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (-19.7%) and manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (-17.3%). Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 2.2% compared to Q2 2008 to reach CZK 23 761.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities declined by 22.6% compared to Q2 2008. Non-domestic new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities fell by 20.9% compared to Q2 2008.

Construction

Construction output in Q2 2009 at constant prices remained on the level of the previous year. Civil engineering output recorded an increase by 21.9% compared to Q2 2008 and building construction output dropped by 8.5%.

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees increased by 0.7% in Q2 2009 compared to Q2 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage increased* by 8.3% compared to Q2 2008 and reached CZK 27 976.

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:
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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:
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Construction:
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* The increase of the average wage in Q2 2009 owed to the payment of remunerations for results in 2008.

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Notes:
Contacts:
Industry – Radek Matejka, phone (+420)274052894, e-mail: radek.matejka@csu.gov.cz
Construction – Petra Curinova, phone (+420)274054199, e-mail: petra.curinova@csu.gov.cz
Source of data: CZSO surveys
End of data collection: 3 August 2009
End of data processing: 6 August 2009