Press release 12/01/2006

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX (IPI) OCTOBER 2006



Industrial activity in the A.C. of the Basque Country grew by an inter-annual rate of 4.7% in October 2006



Accumulated growth for the first ten months of the year was 4.3% on the same period in 2005


Industrial production in the A.C. of the Basque Country grew by 4.7% in October 2006 with regard to the same month in 2005, in homogenous terms of the working calendar, according to EUSTAT data. Over the first ten months of the year accumulated growth was 4.3% on the same period in 2005


In October 2006, compared to September 2006, industrial production in the A.C. of the Basque Country grew by 0.2%, once corrected for seasonal effects.


Corrected inter-annual quarterly growth of the Industrial Production Index of the A.C. of the Basque Country



(*) Inter-annual growth corrected for October 2006

Source: Eustat


Sectorial evolution


By sectors, bearing in mind the classification of large industrial sectors, the evolution of the index in October 2006 with regard to October 2005 presents variations in growth: Capital goods grew by 10.0%, Intermediate goods grew by 3.8%, Consumer Goods rose by 1.6%, as a result of the increases in Durable Consumer Goods (3.6%) and Non-durable Consumer goods (0.5%), but Energy fell by 2.8%.


The inter-monthly variations for October 2006 on September 2006 were different for the industrial sectors. Capital goods increased by 1.5% in inter-monthly terms, Intermediate goods grew by 0.6% with regard to the previous month, Consumer Goods rose by 1.1% with regard to last September due to the increase registered by and Durable Consumer Goods (2.1%) and by Non-durable Consumer Goods (0.6%). Energy decreased by 3.4%, with regard to last September


Evolution by provinces


By provinces, the inter-annual evolutions of the Industrial production index varied: falling in Álava by 2.4%, increasing in Bizkaia by 5.6%, and in Gipuzkoa by 7.8%.


The inter-monthly provincial rates, October 2006 on September 2006, for the provinces were a 2.1% fall in Álava, a 0.1% drop in Bizkaia, and a 0.8% increase in Gipuzkoa.


Table: October 2006. Variation rates (%) for the Industrial Production Index of the A.C. of the Basque Country



(1) Inter-annual variation rate for the accumulated period from January to the last month of year t on the same period in year t-1

Source: Eustat



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Industrial activity in the A.C. of the Basque Country grew by an inter-annual rate of 4.7% in October 2006

Operation : 
Industrial production index
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October 2024
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