In August 2016, output rebounded sharply in the manufacturing industry (+2.2% after -0.2% in July). It also bounced back in the whole industry (+2.1% after -0.5%).

Manufacturing output diminished slightly over the past three months (-0.2%)

Over the past three months, output decreased slightly in the manufacturing industry (-0.2% q-o-q). It diminished in the overall industry (-0.5% q-o-q).

Output shrank strongly in mining and quarrying; energy; water supply (-1.9%) and in the manufacture of transport equipment (-1.8%), and more moderately in the manufacture of food products and beverages (-0.6%). It dropped sharply in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (-4.3%). Conversely, output grew in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+0.5%). It was stable in "other manufacturing".