Total Value of Products manufactured in Ireland or outsourced abroad and sold (PRODCOM) in 2012

Net Selling Value of Products manufactured and sold down 1.8% in 2012 to €85.9 billion

The net selling value of products manufactured and sold by Irish industrial enterprises in 2012 was down 1.8% on 2011 levels to €85.9 billion. The principle reasons for this fall were the values of Chemical and Pharmaceutical products declined 11.8% and Paper and paper related products decreased 19.8%. These declines were partially offset by the values of Computer, electronic, optical and Electrical equipment products which increased by 26.6% and products from the Food sector which increased by 2.5%.

44%, or €37.6 billion, of Irish product sales in 2012 were classified as Chemical or Pharmaceutical products

In 2012, the Food sector accounted for €17.7 billion or 20.6% of all Irish product sales while the Computer, electronic, optical and Electrical equipment product sales amounted to €10.6 billion or 12.2% of all Irish product sales for the same period.

Details of EU aggregates and individual member state data can be found on the Eurostat website: Click here

PRODCOM 2011 EU-27

Available data for 2011 for the EU-27 show that Chemical and Pharmaceutical products accounted for 12.1% of the value of all EU product sales, whereas in Ireland, the same sector accounted for 48.3% of the value of all products (almost 44% in 2012).

The value of Food products in the EU accounted for 13.7% of all product sales, whereas in Ireland, the Food sector accounted for 19.7% of all product sales in 2011 (almost 21% in 2012).

The Central Statistics Office today published results of the 2012 PRODCOM inquiry on its website: Click here

PRODCOM is the European Union’s standard classification of production statistics. It contains nearly 3,800 products, of which approximately 42% are produced and/or sold by industrial enterprises based in Ireland. Its scope relates to the NACE activity codes from 07 to 33.

The business activity classifications used in this Statistical release are based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community i.e. NACE Rev. 2.

For further information contact:

Gerard Doolan, Statistician (021 453 5130)

or

Mary Duggan (021 453 5584)

Structural Business Statistics: Results, Analysis & Publications

Central Statistics Office

Phone: LoCall 1890 313 414, (021) 453 5000 or (01) 498 4000

Fax: (021) 453 5553

Internet: www.cso.ie

E- mail: business_stats@cso.ie

Central Statistics Office                                                                        29 July 2013

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