Industry, Construction - May

In May 2009 seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 2.1% compared with April 2009. Industrial production fell by 22.0% compared with May 2008.
In May 2009 seasonally adjusted construction output fell by 4.1% compared with April 2009. Construction output dropped by 2.1% compared with May 2008.




Industry
In May 2009 industrial production declined by 22.0% compared with May 2008. Working day adjusted the industrial production dropped by 20.1%. May 2009 had one working day less compared to May 2008. Seasonally adjusted (SA) and working day adjusted (WDA) industrial production decreased by 2.1% compared with April 2009. The annual decline in industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution –3.2 p.p., drop by 32.7%), manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution –2.7 p.p., drop by 30.9%) and manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution –2.7 p.p., drop by 17.3%). The biggest drop was recorded in manufacture of basic metals (drop by 42.5%, contribution –2.1 p.p.).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices fell by 23.4% compared with May 2008. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises at current prices decreased by 23.9%. Their share in total revenues of industrial enterprises made up 47.4%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities declined by 27.8% compared with May 2008 (non-domestic new orders fell by 27.0%). The y-o-y drop of total new orders was most contributed to by manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution –8.1%, drop by 48.4%), manufacture of basic metals (contribution –5.3%, drop by 54.4%) and manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution –3.7 p.p., drop by 30.6%). New orders grew only in manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution 0.3 p.p., growth by 15.4%).

The average registered number of employees in industrial enterprises with 50 or more employees decreased by 12.5% compared with May 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage in May 2009 rose by 1.9% in comparison with May 2008 and reached CZK 23 612.


Construction
In May 2009 construction output decreased by 2.1% at constant prices compared with May 2008, working day adjusted construction output dropped by 1.2%. Seasonally adjusted construction output decreased by 4.1% compared with April 2009. Like in the previous months building construction output continued decreasing (contribution –6.8 p.p., drop by 9.5%) and civil engineering output growing (contribution 4.7 p.p., growth by 16.7%).

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees increased by 0.8% compared with May 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage decreased by 1.4% compared with May 2008 and reached CZK 26 276.


According to the Eurostat news release, WDA industrial production in the EU 27 declined by 19.4% in April 2009, compared with April 2008. The data for May 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 on 14 July 2009.

According to the Eurostat news release, WDA construction output in the EU 27 dropped by 5.1% in April 2009, compared with April 2008. Building construction fell by 7.1% and civil engineering increased by 3.9%. The data for May 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 on 17 July 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:
/pru_m
/produkty/pru_ts
Construction:
/sta_m
/produkty/sta_ts

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Notes:
Contacts:
Industry – Jan Ernest, phone (+420)274054188, e-mail: jan.ernest@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 July 2009
End of data processing: 9 July 2009