Belgium Manufacturing Activity

by Eduardo Petazze
Belgium's manufacturing industry has lost relative importance in their participation in the gross value added.
miilion EUR Mining Mfg.
Electricity Construction Other
GVA
Mining Mfg.
Electricity Construction
0.1% 16.9%
2.1%
5.0%
2003
322 41,753
5,180
12,451 187,643 247,349
0.1% 16.9%
1.9%
5.1%
2004
308 43,907
4,879
13,192 197,336 259,623
0.1%
16.6%
1.7%
5.1%
2005
321 44,960
4,685
13,707 206,758 270,430
0.1% 16.2%
1.9%
5.4%
2006
363 45,969
5,408
15,323 217,074 284,138
0.1% 15.9%
1.9%
5.6%
2007
328 47,449
5,597
16,636 229,299 299,309
0.1% 15.0%
2.0%
5.8%
2008
339 46,315
6,220
17,996 238,800 309,670
0.1% 13.4%
2.2%
5.8%
2009
312 40,857
6,703
17,750 239,097 304,718
0.1% 13.8%
2.2%
5.7%
2010
309 43,733
6,837
17,957 248,638 317,473
0.1% 13.2%
2.3%
5.9%
2011
325 43,600
7,431
19,514 259,179 330,048
0.1% 12.8%
2.3%
5.9%
2012
309 42,834
7,550
19,748 264,941 335,382

Other
75.9%
76.0%
76.5%
76.4%
76.6%
77.1%
78.5%
78.3%
78.5%
79.0%

StatBel publishes a monthly index of industrial production, based on the year 2010. (last release pdf, 3 pages)

Specifically, the following tables show the evolution of the index of manufacturing production
Belgium Manufacturing Production Index 2010=100
NSA
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
2010
86.52 94.57 107.05 98.21 94.57 111.11 91.72 91.27 110.69 106.33
2011
97.62 103.84 124.39 103.88 111.97 108.52 91.57 101.05 115.12 106.76
2012
97.45 100.65 118.19 98.38 101.35 109.51 96.90 97.32 106.72 110.79
2013
96.61 95.03 107.22 106.36 105.14 109.77 102.97 92.74 109.35 115.17
2014
100.41 103.53 111.13 106.96 107.31 112.90 102.82 96.71 113.21 116.30
2013 Y/Y
-0.9% -5.6% -9.3% 8.1% 3.7% 0.2% 6.3% -4.7% 2.5% 4.0%
2014 Y/Y
3.9% 8.9% 3.6% 0.6% 2.1% 2.8% -0.1% 4.3% 3.5% 1.0%
Own estimate
Last data
SA (*)
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
3.29
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
2010
94.42 96.41 95.75 97.77 97.06 101.37 100.71 100.65 101.92 102.82
2011
105.40 107.60 108.57 107.64 106.89 103.51 104.36 106.92 106.47 104.56
2012
103.43 103.65 104.60 101.21 101.47 102.16 103.94 104.72 103.31 102.99
2013
102.23 100.43 102.77 102.42 104.92 105.03 106.11 103.87 104.44 105.75
2014
106.71 108.87 105.18 106.00 106.41 106.79 106.63 107.19 107.49 107.33
2013 M/M -1.9% -1.8% 2.3% -0.3% 2.5% 0.1% 1.0% -2.1% 0.5% 1.3%
2014 M/M
0.2% 4.4% -3.4% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% -0.2% 0.5% 0.3% -0.1%
Own estimate (*) SA data according to EuroStat and own estimate
Trend
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
2010
94.26 95.51 96.43 97.31 98.47 99.82 100.66 101.16 101.92 102.84
2011
105.54 106.87 107.54 107.27 106.26 105.25 105.21 105.75 105.61 104.75
2012
103.40 103.58 103.31 102.52 102.18 102.67 103.44 103.79 103.52 103.17
2013
102.33 101.99 102.47 103.34 104.29 104.98 105.09 104.84 104.96 105.61
2014
105.85 105.36 104.81 106.57 106.70 106.91 107.04 107.20 107.49 107.68
2013 Y/Y
-1.0% -1.5% -0.8% 0.8% 2.1% 2.3% 1.6% 1.0% 1.4% 2.4%
2014 Y/Y
3.4% 3.3% 2.3% 3.1% 2.3% 1.8% 1.9% 2.3% 2.4% 2.0%

Nov
105.10
104.09
104.16
105.58
107.94
1.4%
2.2%

Dec
102.85
101.44
100.52
101.92
104.63
1.4%
2.7%

Annual
100.00
105.85
103.50
103.99
106.99
0.5%
2.9%

Nov
104.21
103.62
102.90
107.07
107.46
1.2%
0.1%

Dec
103.63
102.87
104.23
106.45
107.78
-0.6%
0.3%

Annual
99.73
105.70
103.22
104.29
106.99
1.0%
2.6%

Nov
103.63
103.87
103.10
106.15
107.83
3.0%
1.6%

Dec
104.39
103.41
102.95
106.17
108.03
3.1%
1.8%

Annual
99.70
105.61
103.14
104.35
106.79
1.2%
2.3%