Industry - July 2019

In July, working day adjusted industrial production increased at constant prices by 0.1%, year-on-year (y-o-y). Seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.7%, month-on-month (m-o-m). The value of new orders increased by 10.2%, y-o-y.

Industrial production¹ increased in July 2019 at constant prices by 0.7%, m-o-m. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 0.1%. The following economic activities contributed the most to the y-o-y increase in industrial production: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (contribution +2.0 percentage points (p. p.), growth by 13.6%), manufacture of electrical equipment (contribution +0.4 p. p., growth by 5.6%), and manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (contribution +0.3 p. p., growth by 22.1%). Industrial production decreased in the following economic activities: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (contribution −1.2  p. p., drop by 12.0%), manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (contribution −0.24 p. p., drop by 5.0%), and manufacture of basic metals (contribution −0.23 p. p., drop by 7.2%). Non-adjusted industrial production was by 5.6% higher, y-o-y (there were two working days more in July 2019 compared to July 2018).

Sales from industrial activity at current prices² increased by 9.0%, y-o-y, in July 2019. Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 8.1%. Domestic sales, which include also indirect export via non-industrial enterprises increased at current prices by 10.2%. 

The value of new orders² in surveyed industrial CZ-NACE activities increased by 10.2%, y-o-y, in July 2019. Non-domestic new orders increased by 9.2%, while domestic new orders increased by 12.4%. 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 +6.0 p. p., growth by 18.4%), manufacture of other transport equipment (contribution +2.0 p. p., growth by 71.8%), and manufacture of electrical equipment (contribution +1.0 p. p., growth by 10.8%). New orders decreased only in manufacture of basic metals (contribution −1.3 p. p., drop by 18.2%).

The average registered number of employees³ in industry decreased in July 2019 by 0.9%, y-o-y. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased in July 2019 by 6.9%, y-o-y.

According to the Eurostat news release, working day adjusted industrial production in the EU28 in June 2019 decreased by 1.9%, y-o-y. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for July 2019 on 12 September 2019.

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Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, Director of the Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department,
phone number: (+420) 274 052 894,
e-mail: radek.matejka@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Iveta Danišová, Head of Industrial Statistics Unit,
phone number (+420) 274 054 191,
e-mail: iveta.danisova@csu.gov.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (Prům 1-12)
End of data collection: 29 August 2019
Related outputs: time series https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/pru_ts
Next News Release will be published on: 7 October 2019