Industry - December 2013

In December 2013 industrial production at constant prices increased by 9.3%, year-on-year (y-o-y), and working days adjusted industrial production increased by 6.7%, y-o-y. Compared to the previous month seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.3%. The value of new orders increased by 20.5%, y-o-y.
Industrial production increased by 0.5% in 2013. The value of new orders increased by 4.3%.

Industry in December 2013
In December 2013, industrial production increased at constant prices by 9.3%, y-o-y; if working days adjusted, industrial production increased by 6.7%. December 2013 was by 1 working days longer than December 2012. Seasonally adjusted industrial production (as well as working days adjusted) was lower by 0.3%, m-o-m. The following contributed the most to the y-o-y growth of industrial production: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +2.4 p.p., growth by 17.8%), manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution +1.5 p.p., growth by 16.1%), and manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +1.1 p.p., rapid growth by 59.9%). Industrial production decreased in economic activities of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (contribution -0.08 p.p., drop by 0.5%) and manufacture of leather and related products (contribution -0.02 p.p., drop by 11.2%).

Sales from industrial activity at current prices increased by 10.6%, y-o-y, in December 2013. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 20.4%. Domestic sales, which include also indirect export via non-industrial enterprises, increased at current prices by 2.7%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 20.5%, y-o-y, in December 2013. Non-domestic new orders jumped up by 28.3%, while domestic new orders increased by 7.7%. The y-o-y increase of new orders in total was the most contributed to by the following CZ-NACE divisions: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +11.6 p.p., growth by 38.7%), manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution +2.5 p.p., growth by 19.0%), and manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures (contribution +1.8 p.p., growth by 13.5%).

The average registered number of employees* ⁾ in industrial enterprises with 50+ employees increased in December 2013 by 0.1%, y-o-y. Their average monthly nominal wage decreased
in December 2013 by 3.0%, y-o-y, and reached CZK 28 188.

According to the Eurostat news release published in November 2013, working day adjusted industrial production in the EU28 increased by 3.0%, y-o-y. Data for December 2013 will be released by Eurostat on 12 February 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

Industry in Q4 2013
Industrial production in the Q4 2013 increased by 6.1%, y-o-y, the working days adjusted increased by 7.2%. Q4 2013 was by 1 working day shorter than Q4 2012. Compared to Q3 2013 seasonally adjusted industrial production in Q4 2014 was by 2.5% higher

Sales from industrial activity at current prices were higher by 6.0%, y-o-y, in the Q4 2013. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 11.9%. Domestic sales, which include also indirect export via non-industrial enterprises, increased at current prices by 0.5%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 13.5%, y-o-y, in Q4 2013. Non-domestic new orders rose by 17.8%, while domestic new orders increased by 6.1%.

The average registered number of employees* ⁾ in industrial enterprises with 50+ employees decreased by 0.2%, y-o-y in Q4 2013. Their average monthly nominal wage in Q4 2013 decreased by 0.9%, y-o-y, and reached CZK 28 532.

Industry in 2013
In 2013 industrial production increased by 0.5%, y-o-y. The following contributed the most to the y-o-y growth of industrial production: manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures (contribution +0.5 p.p., growth by 5.3%), manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +0.4 p.p., growth by 2.5%), and manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution +0.2 p.p., growth by 2.7%). Industrial production decreased in economic activities of mining and quarrying (contribution -0.5 p.p., drop by 11.6%) electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (contribution -0.2 p.p., drop by 1.5%), and manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (contribution -0.1 p.p., drop by 8.7%).

Sales from industrial activity at current prices were higher by 1.4%, y-o-y, in 2013. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 5.1%. Domestic sales, which include also indirect export via non-industrial enterprises, decreased at current prices by 2.3%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 4.3%, y-o-y, in 2013. Non-domestic new orders rose by 5.8%, while domestic new orders increased by 1.5%.

The average registered number of employees* ⁾ in industrial enterprises with 50+ employees decreased by 1.0%, y-o-y in 2013. Their average monthly nominal wage in 2013 increased by 0.9%, y-o-y, and reached CZK 26 942.


Notes:
^*) The registered number of employees indicator does not include persons working under various contracts for work, working owners of enterprises and cooperating household members, who do not have contracts of employment. Data on the registered number of employees in industry also exclude agency workers, who have contracts of employment, however, not within industry, yet within activities of services (CZ-NACE 78. 2) .
Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, phone: (+420) 274 052 894, e -mail: radek.matejka@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Jan Ernest, phone (+420) 274 054 188, e-mail: jan.ernest@csu.gov.cz
Method of data acquisition: Direct survey of the CZSO (“Prům 1-12”)
End of data collection: 31 January 2014
Related outputs: time series /produkty/pru_ts
Next News Release will be published on: 14 March 2014