Industry, Construction - September

In September 2009 seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.4% compared with August 2009. Industrial production fell by 11.9% compared with September 2008.
In September 2009 seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 2.4% compared with August 2009. Construction output increased by 3.6% compared with September 2008.
Industry

In September 2009 industrial production declined by 11.9% compared with September 2008. Working days adjusted the industrial production dropped by 9.7%. September 2009 had one working day less compared with September 2008. Seasonally adjusted (plus WDA) the industrial production was 1.4% down compared to August 2009. The annual decline in industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution -2.8 p.p., drop by 28.4%), manufacture of metal structures and fabricated metal products (contribution -2.0 p.p., drop by 22.3%) and manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (contribution -1.5%, drop by 22.8%). Industrial production grew in of food, beverages and tobacco (contribution +0.1 p.p., growth by 3.5%), mining of coal and lignite (contribution +0.02 p.p., growth by 0.9%) and manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (contribution +0.01 p.p., growth by 0.5%).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices fell by 16.2% compared with September 2008. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises at current prices decreased by 13.4%. 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 13.8% compared with September 2008 (non-domestic new orders fell by 10.9%). 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 -4.0%, drop by 39.7%), manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution -3.7 p.p., drop by 27.5%) and manufacture of metal structures and fabricated metal products (contribution -2.9%, drop by 21.4%). New orders grew only in manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +1.4 p.p., growth by 5.1%) and manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +0.3 p.p., growth by 24.2%).

The average registered number of employees in industrial enterprises with 50 or more employees decreased by 14.6% compared with September 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage rose by 6.9% compared with September 2008 and reached CZK 23 460.

Construction

In September 2009 construction output increased by 3.6% at constant prices compared with September 2008, working days adjusted construction output raised by 4.6%. September 2009 had one working day less compared to September 2008. Seasonally adjusted construction output was 2.4% up in September, m-o-m. Building construction output continued decreasing (contribution –3.5 p.p., drop by 5.2%) and civil engineering output growing (contribution +7.1 p.p., growth by 23.0%).

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees dropped by 0.2% compared with September 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 6.1% compared with September 2008 and reached CZK 27 617.
According to the Eurostat news release, WDA industrial production in the EU 27 declined by 13.5% in August 2009, compared with August 2008. The data for September 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 a.m. on 12 November 2009.

According to the Eurostat news release, WDA construction output in the EU 27 dropped by 11.1% in August 2009. compared with August 2008. Building construction fell by 15.0% and civil engineering increased by 5.2%. The data for September 2009 will be released by Eurostat at 11:00 a.m. on 18 November 2009.
Industry

Industrial production in Q3 2009 fell by 13.0%, compared to Q3 2008, working day adjusted it fell by 11.4%. Q3 2009 had two working days less than Q3 2008. The year-on-year drop of the industrial production was most contributed to by manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution -2.7 p.p., drop by 28.4%), manufacture of metal structures and fabricated metal products (contribution -2.1 p.p., drop by 22.7%) and manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (contribution -1.4%, drop by 20.5%). Industrial production grew in food products, beverages and tobacco (contribution +0.2 p.p., growth by 4.2%).

Revenues from industrial activity at current prices fell by 16.3% compared to Q3 2008. Direct export revenues of industrial enterprises at current prices decreased by 14.1% compared to Q3 2008.

The average registered number of employees in industrial enterprises with 50 or more employees decreased by 13.8% compared to Q3 2008. The biggest drop was recorded in manufacture of textiles (-24.8%), manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products; casting of metals (-22.6%), manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (-21.9%) and manufacture wearing apparel (-21.2%). Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 4.9% compared to Q3 2008 to reach CZK 23 554.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities declined by 16.2% compared to Q3 2008. Non-domestic new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities fell by 14.4% compared to Q3 2008.

Construction

Construction output in Q3 2009 at constant prices increased by 0.1% compared to Q3 2008, working day adjusted it increased by 1.0%. Q3 2009 had two working days less compared to Q3 2008. Civil engineering output recorded an increase by 16.7% compared to Q3 2008 and building construction output dropped by 7.1%.

The average registered number of employees in construction enterprises with 50 or more employees increased by 0.2% in Q3 2009 compared to Q3 2008. Their average monthly nominal wage increased by 4.5% compared to Q3 2008 and reached CZK 27 570.

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
http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/pru_ts
Construction:
http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/sta_m
http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/i/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: 4 November 2009
End of data processing: 9 November 2009