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Latest: August & September 2013<\/h2>\nDuring August and September 2013, a strike in the automotive industry adversely affected total factory output. Manufacturing of motor vehicles was the worst affected, decreasing by 47,3% and 69,9% year-on-year in August and September 2013 respectively, followed by parts and accessories (-3,9% and <\/span>-46,0% year-on-year in August and September 2013 respectively). Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the slump in production levels.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
Figure 2 \u2013 Index of motor vehicle production: 2011 – 2013<\/strong><\/div>\n![\"gdp_figure2\"](\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gdp_figure2-300x195.png\")
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Figure 3 \u2013 Index of parts and accessories production: 2011 \u2013 2013<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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Seasonally adjusted total manufacturing production fell by 3,8% month-on-month in August 2013 and by 4,7% in September 2013. Apart from the woes of the automotive sector, each of the ten manufacturing divisions contracted month-on-month (seasonally adjusted) in September 2013<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
Manufacturing & GDP:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\nThe manufacturing industry, as measured by its nominal value, contributed 10,7% to the economy in the second quarter of 2013. Figure 4 shows manufacturing\u2019s declining contribution to GDP from 2006 to 2013. The poor August and September 2013 manufacturing output resulted in a seasonally adjusted annualised decrease of 8,3% for the third quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter. GDP results for the third quarter of 2013 will be published on 26 November 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Figure 4 \u2013 Contribution of manufacturing to GDP: 2006 \u2013 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"gdp_figure4\"](\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gdp_figure4-300x195.png\")
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDownload\u00a0Manufacturing: Production and sales, September 2013<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the slump in 2008\/09 due to the global recession, manufacturing performed well, recording annual growth rates of 2,9%, 4,6% and 4,2% for 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. The recovery after the recession from 2010 to 2012 was sluggish, and 2013 showed anaemic annual growth of 1,3% to date. Factory output remains far from the read more »<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economic-growth","category-economy-data-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1987,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions\/1987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Seasonally adjusted total manufacturing production fell by 3,8% month-on-month in August 2013 and by 4,7% in September 2013. Apart from the woes of the automotive sector, each of the ten manufacturing divisions contracted month-on-month (seasonally adjusted) in September 2013<\/i>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The manufacturing industry, as measured by its nominal value, contributed 10,7% to the economy in the second quarter of 2013. Figure 4 shows manufacturing\u2019s declining contribution to GDP from 2006 to 2013. The poor August and September 2013 manufacturing output resulted in a seasonally adjusted annualised decrease of 8,3% for the third quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter. GDP results for the third quarter of 2013 will be published on 26 November 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Figure 4 \u2013 Contribution of manufacturing to GDP: 2006 \u2013 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Before the slump in 2008\/09 due to the global recession, manufacturing performed well, recording annual growth rates of 2,9%, 4,6% and 4,2% for 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. The recovery after the recession from 2010 to 2012 was sluggish, and 2013 showed anaemic annual growth of 1,3% to date. Factory output remains far from the read more »<\/a><\/p>\nManufacturing & GDP:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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