Suíça - Produção industrial

Switzerland's industrial production increased 4.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2019, the most in a year, following an upwardly revised 4.5 percent expansion in the previous quarter. Manufacturing output growth accelerated to 5.6 percent from 5.3 percent in the previous three-month period, while there was a contraction in both mining and quarrying (-1.0 percent vs 1.0 percent) and electricity supply (-1.7 percent, the same as in Q1). On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, industrial output rose 1.1 percent in the second quarter.

Switzerland's industrial production growth was unchanged at 4.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, as an acceleration in manufacturing expansion (5.1 percent vs 4.8 percent in Q4), alongside a rebound in mining and quarrying (1.4 percent vs -5.4 percent), was offset by a decline in electricity supply (-1.8 percent vs 1.2 percent).

Industrial production in Switzerland rose 5.1 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, accelerating from a downwardly revised 0.8 percent gain the previous period. Manufacturing output growth accelerated to 5.7 percent from 0.9 percent in Q3; and electricity supply rebounded 1.2 percent, compared to a 0.1 percent drop in the previous period. Meanwhile, mining and quarrying output declined further (-6.0 percent vs -4.5 percent).