Industry - December 2020

In December, working day adjusted industrial production increased in real terms by 0.5%, year-on-year (y-o-y). Seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.2%, month-on-month (m-o-m). The value of new orders increased by 11.2%, y-o-y.
In 2020, industrial production decreased by 8.0%, y-o-y. The value of new orders was by 8.0% lower. Employment decreased by 3.4% and the average wage increased by 1.9%.

Industrial production¹ increased in December 2020 in real terms by 0.2%, m-o-m. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 0.5%. The following economic activities contributed the most to the y-o-y increase of industrial production: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +2.3 percentage point (p. p.), growth by 14.9%), manufacture of rubber and plastic products (contribution +0.4 p. p., growth by 7.3%), and manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (contribution +0.3 p. p., growth by 10.6%). Industrial production decreased in the following economic activities: repair and installation of machinery and equipment (contribution −0.8 p. p., decrease by 14.9%), manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (contribution −0.5 p. p., decrease by 12.6%), and manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution −0.5 p. p., decrease by 5.0%).

Sales from industrial activity at current prices² increased by 8.1%, y-o-y, in December 2020. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 13.7%. Domestic sales, which also include indirect export via non-industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 1.8%. 

The value of new orders² in surveyed industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 11.2%, y-o-y, in December 2020. Non-domestic new orders increased by 13.1%, while domestic new orders increased by 7.2%. 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 +6.1 p. p., growth by 17.4%), manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution +1.4 p. p., growth by 11.5%), and manufacture of basic metals (contribution +1.3 p. p., growth by 26.4%). New orders decreased in manufacture of electrical equipment (contribution −0.2 p. p., decrease by 1.5%) and manufacture of wearing apparel (contribution −0.02 p. p., decrease by 2.1%).

The average registered number of employees³ in industry decreased in December 2020 by 3.5%, y-o-y. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased in December 2020 by 6.0%, y-o-y.

According to data released by Eurostat, working day adjusted industrial production in the EU27 in November 2020 decreased by 0.4%, y-o-y. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for December 2020 on 12 February 2021.

Industry in the fourth quarter of 2020
Seasonally adjusted industrial production¹ in the Q4 2020 increased by 3.8% compared to the Q3 2020. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 0.8%.

Sales from industrial activity at current prices² were higher by 3.6%, y-o-y, in the Q4 2020. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 8.1%. Domestic sales, which also include indirect export via non-industrial enterprises, decreased at current prices by 2.0%.

The value of new orders² in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 5.5%, y-o-y, in the Q4 2020. Non-domestic new orders increased by 6.6%, while domestic new orders increased by 3.3%.

The average registered number of employees³ in industry decreased by 3.8%, y-o-y, in the Q4 2020. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased by 4.0%, y-o-y, in the Q4 2020.

Industry in 2020
In 2020, industrial production¹ decreased by 8.0%, y-o-y. The following contributed the most to the y-o-y change of industrial production: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution −2.3 p. p., decrease by 12.3%), manufacture of machinery and equipment (contribution −1.0 p. p., decrease by 12.3%), and manufacture of fabricated metal products (contribution −1.0 p. p., decrease by 9.2%). Industrial production increased in manufacture of paper and paper products (contribution +0.06 p. p., growth by 4.1%), manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (contribution +0.04 p. p., growth by 2.1%), and manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (contribution +0.03 p. p., growth by 2.6%).  

Sales from industrial activity at current prices² were lower by 6.9%, y-o-y, in 2020. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises decreased at current prices by 6.7%. Domestic sales, which also include indirect export via non-industrial enterprises, decreased at current prices by 7.0%.

The value of new orders in selected industrial CZ-NACE activities decreased by 8.0%, y-o-y, in 2020. Non-domestic new orders decreased by 7.9%, while domestic new orders decreased by 8.1%.

The average registered number of employees³ in industry decreased by 3.4%, y-o-y, in 2020. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased in 2020 by 1.9%, y-o-y.

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Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department, phone number: (+420) 736 168 543, e-mail: radek.matejka@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Veronika Doležalová, Head of Industrial Statistics Unit, phone number (+420) 734 352 291, e-mail: veronika.dolezalova@csu.gov.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (Prům 1–12)
End of data collection: 29 January 2021
Related outputs: time series https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/pru_ts 
Next News Release will be published on: 12 March 2021