Business survey manufacturing industry

Changed on: 05/12/2011 02:00

Business survey manufacturing industry
Enterprises by activity (SIC 93)	Periods	Production and capacity utilisation Realisation production Realisation remained the same (%)	Production and capacity utilisation Forecast production Forecast remain the same (%)	Production and capacity utilisation Obstacles to production Other Obstacles (%)	Orders Orders received Received orders total Orders received remained the same (%)	Orders Orders received Domestic orders Domestic orders remained the same (%)	Orders Orders received Foreign orders Foreign orders remained the same (%)	Sales prices Sales prices remain the same (%)	Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position remained the same (%)	Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position improved (%)	Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position remained the same (%)	Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position declined (%)	Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position balance (%)	Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position improved (%)	Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position remained the same (%)	Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position declined (%)	Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position balance (%)	Foreign sales Foreign sales remain the same (%)	Number of employees Number of employees remain the same (%)	Balances per indicator Competitive position Inside the EU (%)	Balances per indicator Competitive position Outside the EU (%)
Manufacture of other food products	2010 November	70	74	.	65	.	.	53	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	84	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2010 December	49	52	.	48	.	.	47	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	74	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 January	59	53	22	71	.	.	51	99	8	90	2	6	10	71	19	-9	59	73	6	-9
Manufacture of other food products	2011 February	82	82	.	75	.	.	45	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 March	29	70	.	56	.	.	43	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	71	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 April	58	68	3	56	.	.	78	97	3	94	3	0	1	94	5	-4	72	74	0	-4
Manufacture of other food products	2011 May	61	62	.	82	.	.	46	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	81	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 June	68	83	.	80	.	.	66	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	76	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 July	73	75	3	82	.	.	56	94	6	91	3	3	3	96	1	2	73	70	3	2
Manufacture of other food products	2011 August	66	75	.	71	.	.	77	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	90	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 September	75	50	.	84	.	.	61	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	88	.	.
Manufacture of other food products	2011 October	60	69	4	85	.	.	60	90	2	98	0	2	29	69	2	27	69	79	2	27
Textiles, clothing and leather	2010 November	52	63	.	50	.	.	70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2010 December	56	78	.	43	.	.	61	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	74	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 January	48	63	9	49	.	.	50	90	16	78	6	10	17	81	2	15	55	83	10	15
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 February	56	62	.	54	.	.	71	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	87	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 March	69	64	.	59	.	.	70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 April	67	64	10	62	.	.	61	89	11	85	4	7	5	89	6	-1	66	81	7	-1
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 May	67	57	.	68	.	.	68	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	91	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 June	59	50	.	52	.	.	68	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	84	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 July	66	62	10	54	.	.	86	91	5	89	6	-1	6	88	6	0	66	76	-1	0
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 August	71	58	.	63	.	.	91	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	78	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 September	57	62	.	65	.	.	81	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	78	.	.
Textiles, clothing and leather	2011 October	58	46	13	45	.	.	76	83	6	89	5	1	4	88	8	-4	54	73	1	-4
Tanning and dressing of leather	2010 November	65	79	.	56	.	.	70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2010 December	54	76	.	47	.	.	69	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	84	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 January	57	69	12	59	.	.	71	100	1	92	7	-6	4	96	0	4	95	77	-6	4
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 February	58	70	.	52	.	.	44	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	90	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 March	77	82	.	70	.	.	75	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	93	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 April	86	72	13	70	.	.	82	78	16	83	1	15	17	83	0	17	76	84	15	17
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 May	83	61	.	84	.	.	55	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	97	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 June	52	73	.	51	.	.	90	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	96	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 July	68	70	5	73	.	.	85	78	13	66	21	-8	13	71	16	-3	93	72	-8	-3
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 August	85	69	.	71	.	.	90	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 September	67	83	.	78	.	.	96	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	74	.	.
Tanning and dressing of leather	2011 October	72	82	10	76	.	.	90	95	0	93	7	-7	0	100	0	0	94	78	-7	0
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2010 November	72	79	.	82	.	.	78	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	92	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2010 December	98	85	.	91	.	.	78	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	93	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 January	79	85	7	84	.	.	61	100	3	97	0	3	1	93	6	-5	71	94	3	-5
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 February	85	71	.	85	.	.	52	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	94	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 March	82	85	.	70	.	.	40	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	90	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 April	81	85	9	74	.	.	72	98	0	98	2	-2	0	100	0	0	90	95	-2	0
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 May	70	84	.	74	.	.	71	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	88	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 June	73	74	.	87	.	.	75	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	94	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 July	83	68	10	89	.	.	84	100	2	98	0	2	2	96	2	0	88	93	2	0
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 August	89	69	.	74	.	.	73	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	95	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 September	69	76	.	86	.	.	92	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	91	.	.
Basic chemicals, synthetic fibres	2011 October	60	53	1	77	.	.	87	100	0	98	2	-2	0	100	0	0	68	95	-2	0
Other chemical products	2010 November	38	60	.	44	.	.	76	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	80	.	.
Other chemical products	2010 December	42	64	.	42	.	.	76	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	94	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 January	66	75	8	58	.	.	70	95	1	88	11	-10	4	96	0	4	69	76	-10	4
Other chemical products	2011 February	58	79	.	81	.	.	69	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 March	35	61	.	40	.	.	84	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	71	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 April	43	60	0	51	.	.	61	89	33	67	0	33	8	92	0	8	67	74	33	8
Other chemical products	2011 May	70	61	.	52	.	.	64	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	47	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 June	60	78	.	47	.	.	72	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	72	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 July	59	70	3	61	.	.	80	100	0	98	2	-2	0	91	9	-9	58	69	-2	-9
Other chemical products	2011 August	44	67	.	27	.	.	49	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	57	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 September	51	83	.	67	.	.	91	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	88	.	.
Other chemical products	2011 October	45	53	2	44	.	.	81	94	10	86	4	6	10	86	4	6	70	93	6	6
Other non-metallic mineral products	2010 November	71	55	.	50	.	.	74	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	59	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2010 December	64	42	.	60	.	.	77	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	54	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 January	41	68	8	53	.	.	62	85	13	82	5	8	16	79	5	11	68	73	8	11
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 February	40	63	.	57	.	.	67	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	76	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 March	63	69	.	68	.	.	56	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	81	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 April	61	64	12	60	.	.	63	75	19	73	8	11	13	82	5	8	72	79	11	8
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 May	52	76	.	79	.	.	59	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	87	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 June	53	59	.	54	.	.	74	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	75	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 July	54	52	10	64	.	.	69	86	1	97	2	-1	0	97	3	-3	71	70	-1	-3
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 August	53	62	.	63	.	.	83	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	82	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 September	63	64	.	59	.	.	80	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	70	.	.
Other non-metallic mineral products	2011 October	64	66	6	56	.	.	73	82	13	84	3	10	3	97	0	3	79	71	10	3
Other fabricated metal products	2010 November	72	71	.	74	.	.	88	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	80	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2010 December	72	72	.	64	.	.	35	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 January	83	86	2	77	.	.	30	83	16	70	14	2	6	69	25	-19	73	84	2	-19
Other fabricated metal products	2011 February	85	73	.	64	.	.	53	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	84	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 March	75	88	.	63	.	.	56	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	88	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 April	74	73	2	62	.	.	56	93	1	98	1	0	1	99	0	1	91	90	0	1
Other fabricated metal products	2011 May	53	61	.	45	.	.	57	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	87	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 June	66	85	.	42	.	.	59	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	78	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 July	65	82	4	71	.	.	61	90	1	90	9	-8	1	90	9	-8	61	95	-8	-8
Other fabricated metal products	2011 August	83	83	.	71	.	.	56	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	65	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 September	77	76	.	72	.	.	86	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	85	.	.
Other fabricated metal products	2011 October	47	76	0	75	.	.	67	89	2	90	8	-6	2	89	9	-7	61	89	-6	-7
Other general purpose machinery	2010 November	57	79	.	53	.	.	90	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	89	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2010 December	58	85	.	54	.	.	79	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	86	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 January	58	63	11	56	.	.	70	91	31	69	0	31	31	69	0	31	73	88	31	31
Other general purpose machinery	2011 February	72	57	.	49	.	.	90	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	82	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 March	68	68	.	57	.	.	93	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	74	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 April	68	59	16	54	.	.	90	72	14	73	13	1	13	83	4	9	80	76	1	9
Other general purpose machinery	2011 May	62	70	.	37	.	.	83	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 June	78	71	.	54	.	.	92	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	80	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 July	65	51	19	73	.	.	91	95	32	67	1	31	13	62	25	-12	66	84	31	-12
Other general purpose machinery	2011 August	54	73	.	55	.	.	92	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	74	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 September	69	81	.	54	.	.	96	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	79	.	.
Other general purpose machinery	2011 October	62	61	17	52	.	.	91	94	7	72	21	-14	24	75	1	23	47	82	-14	23
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Production and capacity utilisation, orders, sales prices, stocks final
products, competitive position, sales, number of employees for
enterprises by activity (SIC 93). February 1989 - October 2011.
Changed on December 05 2011.
Frequency: Discontinued.

Description topics

Production and capacity utilisation

The development of production in the previous month compared with the
month before (realisation) and the anticipated development of production
in the subsequent three months. Seasonal effects are taken into account
by the respondents. Other indicators closely related to production are
utilisation, the (technical) production capacity and obstacles to
production. The answers are weighted according to the company's turnover
value.

Realisation production

Response percentages of the monthly question: 'Did the production last
month increase, remain the same or decrease compared with the month
before?'

Realisation remained the same: The weighted percentage of manufacturers reporting that production
remained the same in the previous month compared with the month before.
The answers are weighted according to the company's turnover value.

Forecast production

Response percentages to the question: 'Do you expect production to
increase, decrease or remain the same in the next three months?'
Based on their expertise and information (e.g. order books), manufacturers
forecast the direction in which production will develop.

Forecast remain the same

Obstacles to production

Every last month in a quarter manufacturers indicate whether there are
bottlenecks in production, e.g. insufficient demand, insufficient
capacity, labour shortage.

Other Obstacles: For example, strikes, industrial action, sanctions. Up to and
including December 2002 lack of materials was included.

Orders

'Orders received' refers to the value of the orders received in the
previous month. Possible answers are: increased, remained the same
and decreased. Subsequently, the order position is established in
combination with the production, expressed in months of work. Orders
received and order position are referred to in terms of large, normal
and small for the time of year (see: 'evaluation'). Thus, seasonal
effects are taken into account. Orders include domestic as well as
foreign orders. Therefore, in addition to the total, several indicators
have been calculated for domestic and foreign order position and
orders received. The answers are weighted according to the company's
turnover value. Domestic orders received are weighted by domestic sales,
foreign orders received are weighted by foreign sales.

Orders received

Response percentages to the question: 'Compared with the month before,
has the value of orders received last month increased, remained
the same or decreased?'.

Received orders total

Orders received remained the same

Domestic orders

Domestic orders remained the same

Foreign orders

Foreign orders remained the same

Sales prices

Response percentages to the monthly question: "Will sales prices rise,
remain the same or fall in the next three months?"
The response is weighted according to the company's turnover value.

Sales prices remain the same

Competitive position

Figures available from March 1994.
Response percentages to the quarterly question: "Has the competitive '
position of the enterprise improved, remained the same or declined in
the last three months? The respondents are invited to make a distinction
between the domestic market, the foreign market inside the EU and the
foreign market outside the EU. Response is weighted by the domestic and
the (total) foreign sales value of the enterprise.

Dutch market

Competitive position remained the same

Inside the EU

Competitive position improved

Competitive position remained the same

Competitive position declined

Competitive position balance: The weighted percentage of manufacturers reporting that their competitive
position on the foreign market inside the EU has improved in a particular
quarter minus the percentage reporting that their position has declined.
This balance reflects the development of the foreign competitive position
inside the EU in a particular quarter compared with the previous quarter.

Outside the EU

Competitive position improved

Competitive position remained the same

Competitive position declined

Competitive position balance: The weighted percentage of manufacturers reporting that their competitive
position on the foreign market outside the EU has improved in a
particular quarter minus the percentage reporting that their position has
declined. This balance reflects the development of the foreign
competitive position outside the EU in a particular quarter compared with
the previous quarter.

Foreign sales

Response percentages to the quarterly question: "Will foreign sales
increase, remain the same or decrease in the next three months?"
The response is weighted to the company's turnover value.

Foreign sales remain the same

Number of employees

Response percentages to the question: "Will the number of employees
increase, remain the same or decrease in the next three months?"
The response is weighted by the number of employees of the enterprise. An
anticipated increase or decrease generates a question about the expected
increase or decrease percentage.
Until May 2002 this question was asked on a quarterly basis. The quarterly
figures from January 1995 to May 2002 are therefore converted by
interpolation into monthly figures.

Number of employees remain the same

Balances per indicator

This option allows a prompt selection of the balance per indicator without
having to choose between other results (large, small, increase and
decrease), incorporated in the balance. The balance is the difference
between the response percentages increased/large/improved and
decreased/small/declined.

Competitive position

Inside the EU: The weighted percentage of manufacturers reporting the competitive
position on the foreign market inside the EU has improved in a particular
quarter minus the percentage reporting the position has declined.
This balance reflects the development of the foreign
competitive position inside the EU in a particular quarter compared with
the previous quarter.

Outside the EU: The weighted percentage of manufacturers reporting that the competitive
position on the foreign market outside the EU has improved in a
particular quarter minus the percentage reporting that the position has
declined. This balance reflects the development of the foreign
competitive position outside the EU in a particular quarter compared with
the previous quarter.