Five of the ten manufacturing divisions reported negative growth rates over this period.

The decrease was driven by lower production in the motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment division (-11,8% and contributing -1,2 percentage points), the basic iron and steel, non-ferrous metal products, metal products and machinery division (-4,9% and contributing -1,0 percentage point), the furniture and ‘other’ manufacturing division (-8,5% and contributing -0,4 of a percentage point) and the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear division (-3,8% and contributing -0,2 of a percentage point).

However, these decreases were partially counteracted by increases reported by the wood and wood products, paper, publishing and printing division (4,7% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point), the food and beverages division (2,4% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point) and the petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products division (1,6% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).

Year-on-year however, manufacturing production increased by 1,4% in September 2010 compared with September 2009. This increase was due to higher production in the petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products division (6,8% and contributing 1,6 percentage points), the food and beverages division (4,8% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point), the wood and wood products, paper, publishing and printing division (8,5% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point) and the electrical machinery division (4,4% and contributing 0,1 of a percentage point).