Industry, Construction - November 2009

In November 2009 seasonally adjusted industrial production dropped by 0.3% compared with October 2009. Industrial production fell by 0.1% compared with November 2008.
In November 2009 seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 2.8% compared with October 2009. Construction output increased by 7.8% compared with November 2008.
Industry

In November 2009 industrial production declined by 0.1% compared with November 2008. Working days adjusted industrial production dropped by 2.5%. November 2009 had one working day more compared with November 2008. Seasonally adjusted (plus WDA) the industrial production was 0.3% down compared to October 2009. The annual decline in industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution -1.8 p.p., drop by 19.8%), manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (contribution -0.9 p.p., drop by 15.1%) and manufacture of electrical equipment (contribution -0.7%, drop 11.5%). Industrial production grew most in manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +3.0 p.p., growth by 21.5%), manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco (contribution +0.6 p.p., growth by 13.5%) and manufacture of rubber and plastic products (contribution +0.5 p.p., growth by 8.2%).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices fell by 3.1% compared with November 2008. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises at current prices decreased by 0.9%. Their share in total revenues of industrial enterprises made up 46.9%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities raised by 8.0% compared with November 2008 (non-domestic new orders increased by 11.0%). The annual growth of total new orders was most contributed to by manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +5.7 p.p., growth by 20.5%), manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +2.5 p.p., growth by 238.1%) and manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (contribution +1.4%, growth by 20.3%). New orders dropped in manufacture of metal structures and fabricated metal products (contribution -1.9 p.p., drop by 13.8%), manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, casting of metals (contribution -1.4%, drop by 16.9%) and manufacture of electrical equipment (contribution -0.1%, drop by 0.7%).

The average registered number of employees in enterprises with 50 or more employees decreased by 12.5% compared with November 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage rose by 7.5% compared with November 2008 and reached CZK 27 220.

Construction

In November 2009 construction output increased by 7.8% at constant prices compared with November 2008, working days adjusted construction output raised by 6.4%. November 2009 had one working day more compared to November 2008. Seasonally adjusted construction output was 2.8% up in November, m-o-m. Exceptionally favourable weather conditions enabled to perform all construction works like in summer months (average daily temperature in November 2009 was by 2.8º C higher compared to the long-term average and by 0.9ºC up compared to November 2008). The y-o-y growth of construction output was most contributed to by civil engineering (contribution +5.6 p.p., growth by 16.3%). Also the building construction output registered an increase after 13 months (contribution +2.2 p.p., growth by 3.4%).

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees dropped by 1.1% compared with November 2009. Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 5.6% compared with November 2008 and reached CZK 32 670.
According to the Eurostat news release, WDA industrial production in the EU 27 declined by 10,2% in October 2009, compared with October 2008. The data for November 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 a.m. on 14 January 2010.

According to the Eurostat news release, WDA construction output in the EU 27 dropped by 6.9% in October 2009 compared with October 2008. Building construction fell by 9.9% and civil engineering increased by 5.5%. The data for November 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 a.m. on 19 January 2010.
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:
http://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/pru_m
http://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/pru_ts
Construction:
http://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/sta_m
http://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/sta_ts

---

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: 7 January 2010
End of data processing: 12 January 2010