Raw materials & consumer goods output up in Dec 05 - Jan 06
16 Mar '06
2 min read
Statistics office of Netherlands released the Manufacturing index for January 2006. It stated that in January 2006, manufacturing turnover was 9 percent up on one year previously.
This is exclusively caused by higher selling prices and an extra working day. In the period December 2005-January 2006, manufacturing output improved, compared to the period October-November 2005.
Higher turnover due to higher prices and extra working day Manufacturing industry generated a 9 percent higher turnover in January 2006 than in the same month of last year.
The turnover increase was mainly the result of an increase in selling prices by 7 percent, but was also partly due to an extra working day in January 2006, compared to the same month last year.
Statistics Netherlands estimates the positive effect of the extra working day at 2 percent. The highest turnover growth was generated by the sector petroleum, chemicals and rubber; turnover grew by 19 percent in comparison with January last year, prices in this sector rose by 16 percent.
Domestic turnover of Dutch manufacturing industry in January 2006 was 11 percent up on January 2005.
Petroleum, chemicals and rubber also improved distinctly by 1.1 percent. Output of raw materials, semi-fabricated products and consumer goods increased in the period December 2005-January 2006, compared to the previous period. Output of investment goods, on the other hand, decreased.
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