In August 2017, output slipped back slightly in the manufacturing industry (−0.4% after +0.6% in July) as well as in the whole industry (−0.3% after +0.8%).

Over the last three months, manufacturing output remained virtually stable in the manufacturing industry (+0.1%). It went up slightly in the overall industry (+0.2%).

Output grew markedly in the manufacture of transport equipment (+2.6%). It increased in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+0.5%) and remained almost unchanged in "other manufacturing" (+0.1%). It jumped in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+5.2%). Conversely, it decreased in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−1.5%) as well as in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.4%).

Manufacturing output of the last three months increased markedly compared to the same months of 2016 (+2.7%). It also grew sharply in the whole industry (+2.4%).