Indices of industrial production, August 2023

The value of industrial production lower at the monthly level

Compared to July, the total value of industrial production and the total value of stocks in industry were lower, while the total turnover in industry was higher.

  • 10 October 2023 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
In August, too, the value of industrial production lower at the monthly and at the annual level

The total value of industrial production was 1.1% lower than a month ago. It was lower in manufacturing and in mining and quarrying (both by 1.9%), while in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it was higher (by 4.4%).

The value of industrial production decreased at the monthly level in consumer goods industries by 19.7% and in intermediate goods industries by 2.7%, while in capital goods industries it increased by 16.9%.

Compared to August last year, the value of industrial production was lower by 12.4%. It decreased in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (by 24.5%), in manufacturing (by 12.1%) and in mining and quarrying (by 4.7%).

Compared to the same period of last year, in the first eight months the total value of industrial production fell by 5.1%.

Turnover in industry at monthly level higher

Turnover in industry was higher at the monthly level by 1.7% and lower at the annual level by 10.4%. At the monthly level, it increased in both markets (domestic by 3.0%, non-domestic by 1.4%), while at the annual level, it decreased in both markets (domestic by 2.7%, non-domestic by 12.8%).

At the monthly level, turnover in industry went up in manufacturing (by 1.6%) and down in mining and quarrying (by 2.4%), while at the annual level turnover in industry decreased in manufacturing by 10.8% and increased in mining and quarrying by 25.3%.

In view of main industrial groupings, turnover in industry increased at the monthly level in capital goods industries (by 13.4%) and decreased in intermediate goods industries (by 0.7%) and in consumer goods industries (by 1.1%).

Compared to the first eight months of last year, in the same period of this year turnover in industry increased by 1.0%. In the non-domestic market it went up by 1.0% and in the domestic market by 0.9%. It grew in mining and quarrying as well as in manufacturing (by 4.9% and by 0.9%, respectively).

The value of stocks of industrial products lower at the monthly level

Compared to the previous month, the value of stocks in industrial production was 1.0% lower, but it was 9.6% higher than in August last year. At the monthly level, the value of stocks was lower in manufacturing (by 1.1%), while in mining and quarrying it was higher (by 15.4%). In the first eight months, the value of stocks was 16.8% higher than in the same period of last year.

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Industrial production indices, Slovenia
Industrial production indices, Slovenia
1) In the trend-cycle component the most recent data are unreliable (the end-point problem).
Industrial production, Slovenia
Aug 2023
Jul 2023 
Aug 2023
Aug 2022
Jan–Aug 23
Jan–Aug 22
% change
Industry – activities according to NACE Rev.2 (sections)-1.1-12.4-5.1
B Mining and quarrying-1.9-4.7-24.6
C Manufacturing-1.9-12.1-3.5
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply4.4-24.5-35.1
Main industrial groupings
A Intermediate goods industries-2.7-15.6-11.6
  AE Energy related industries6.1-19.3-35.2
  AI Intermediate goods industries [except energy]-2.8-15.2-9.1
B Capital goods industries16.96.24.7
C Consumer goods industries-19.7-21.2-1.2
  CD Durable consumer goods industries-6.3-23.7-9.7
  CN Non-durable consumer goods industries-12.2-21.50.6
Technological intensity (Manufacturing)
VTZ High-technology manufacturing-11.0-25.05.7
SVTZ Medium-high-technology manufacturing1.3-11.0-2.2
SNTZ Medium-low-technology manufacturing-1.6-9.4-6.6
NTZ Low-technology manufacturing2.1-7.7-6.9
Value of turnover in industry, Slovenia
Aug 2023
Jul 2023 
Aug 2023
Aug 2022
Jan–Aug 23
Jan–Aug 22
% change
Industry – activities according to NACE Rev.2 (sections)1.7-10.41.0
B Mining and quarrying-2.425.34.9
C Manufacturing1.6-10.80.9
Main industrial groupings
A Intermediate goods industries-0.7-13.3-6.1
  AE Energy related industrieszzz
  AI Intermediate goods industries [except energy]-1.0-14.0-6.1
B Capital goods industries13.4-2.09.3
C Consumer goods industries-1.1-12.36.8
  CD Durable consumer goods industries-26.6-28.4-0.6
  CN Non-durable consumer goods industries-1.3-7.99.1
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Value of stocks in industrial production, Slovenia
Aug 2023
Jul 2023 
Aug 2023
Aug 2022
Jan–Aug 23
Jan–Aug 22
% change
Industry – activities according to NACE Rev.2 (sections)-1.09.616.8
B Mining and quarrying15.4345.4208.7
C Manufacturing-1.19.016.3
Main industrial groupings
A Intermediate goods industries-5.03.714.7
  AE Energy related industrieszzz
  AI Intermediate goods industries [except energy]-5.42.313.5
B Capital goods industries3.121.522.1
C Consumer goods industries1.410.716.3
  CD Durable consumer goods industries3.22.51.8
  CN Non-durable consumer goods industries0.912.118.9
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METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Data are seasonally adjusted.

Data for 2023 are provisional, final data for 2023 will be published not later than 10 August 2024.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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