Industry - June 2006

In June 2006, seasonally adjusted industrial production was down by 0.4% month-on-month. The year-on-year industrial production index reached 110.5%. Sales from industrial activity at constant prices (of 2000) rose by 10.8%. Industrial new orders were up by 9.3% year-on-year.
Seasonally adjusted industrial production was down by 0.4% month-on-month in June 2006. The trend grew by 0.8% (Table 5).

The year-on-year industrial production index reached 110.5%. The growth of industrial production (Table 6) was most affected by ‘manufacture of transport equipment’ (+17.2%, contribution to the growth of industry in total 3.4 percentage points), ‘manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products’ (+20.1%, contribution 2.6 p.p.) and ‘manufacture of electrical and optical equipment’ (+18.4%, contribution 2.2 p.p.). A decrease in industrial production was recorded for ‘mining and quarrying of energy producing materials’ (-14.1%, contribution -0.2%), ‘manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco’ (-2.3%, contribution -0.2 p.p.) and ‘manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing’ (-1.6%, contribution -0.1 p.p.).

As to the main industrial groupings, increases in production were recorded for ‘consumer durables’ (+41.4%), ‘capital goods’ (+15.9%) and ‘intermediate goods’ (+11.2%), while production of ‘consumer non-durables’ and ‘energy’ decreased (-1.8% and -0.5%, respectively).

Sales from industrial activity at constant prices (of 2000) rose by 10.8% year-on-year. The increase of sales from industrial activity was most contributed to by ‘manufacture of transport equipment’ (+17.2%, contribution to the growth of industry in total 3.5 percentage points), ‘manufacture of electrical and optical equipment’ (+18.4%, contribution 2.6 p.p.) and ‘manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products’ (+19.1%, contribution 2.0 p.p.). Sales from industrial activity decreased in ‘manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products’ (-10.1%, contribution -0.2 p.p.), ‘manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco’ (-2.1%, contribution -0.2 p.p.) and ‘manufacture of chemicals, chemical products’ (-1.1%, contribution -0.1 p.p.).

Direct export sales of industrial enterprises increased by 11.9% at constant prices (+9.6% at current prices), and their proportion in total sales of industrial enterprises stood at 49.8% (current prices).
Sales from industrial activity of foreign-controlled enterprises were up by 17.8% at constant prices (+16.8% at current prices), and their proportion in total sales stood at 59.2% (current prices). Direct export sales of industrial foreign-controlled enterprises increased by 14.6% at constant prices (+12.2% at current prices) and made up 74.5% of total sales of these enterprises at current prices.

The average number of employees in the industry went up by 1.5% (+17.2 thousand persons) year-on-year. It increased in ‘manufacture of rubber and plastic products’ (+8.5%), ‘manufacture of electrical and optical equipment’ (+5.6%) and ‘manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products’ (+5.3%). Employment decreased most in ‘manufacture of textiles’ (-8.8%), ‘electricity, gas and water supply’ (-4.7%) and ‘manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco’ (-4.3%).
The average monthly nominal wage in the industry rose by 5.9% year-on-year and amounted to CZK 19 661. The average hourly wage increased by 6.2% and was CZK 132.6. Labour productivity in industry (sales per employee) rose by 9.1% and hourly labour productivity by 9.4%. Unit wage costs were down by 2.9%.

Industrial new orders in selected CZ-NACE activities concluded in June reached the value of CZK 145.8 billion (current prices), of which non-domestic industrial new orders made up CZK 93.0 billion. The industrial new orders index (y-o-y) in total stood at 109.3%, of which the non-domestic industrial new orders index was 105.2%. Non-domestic industrial new orders grew most in ‘manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus‘ (index 137.8%), ‘manufacture of machinery and equipment‘ (index 122.8%) and ‘manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus‘ (index 120.2%). Non-domestic industrial new orders dropped in ‘manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products‘ (index 66.4%), ‘manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks’ (index 68.0%) and ‘manufacture of wearing apparel, dressing and dyeing of fur’ (index 90.9%). The volume of orders in selected CZ-NACE activities was CZK 361.9 billion (index 122.9%) at the end of June 2006.

Analysis - Development of the industry in the second quarter of 2006

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Note
Contact: Jan Ernest, phone (+420) 274054188, e-mail jan.ernest@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO direct survey in enterprises
End of data collection: 7 August 2006
End of data processing: 8 August 2006
Related publication: 8001-06 Industry of the Czech Republic
Starting with the News Release publishing results for January 2006, IPI results are processed according to the new methodology, which was published in the Press Release of 10 March 2006.