| All Industries | ||
| Capital Assets | ||
| Q4 2015 | Q4 2016 | |
| €m | €m | |
| Capital Acquisitions | 1,542.1 | 2,412.8 |
| Capital Sales | 165.5 | 97.7 |
Capital acquisitions in industry in the fourth quarter of 2016 were €2,412.8m compared with €1,542.1m in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Capital sales in the fourth quarter of 2016 were €97.7m, compared with €165.5m in the fourth quarter of 2015.
| Business Sectors | Acquisitions | Disposals |
|---|---|---|
| Computer, Electronic and optical products, Other manufacturing | 908.8 | 65.1 |
| Chemicals and chemical products, Basic Pharmaceutical products and preparations | 766.4 | 2.6 |
| Food Products, Beverages | 149.8 | 3.2 |
| Manufacturing Industries | 1954.7 | 94.3 |
| Transportable Goods Industries | 1972.3 | 95.2 |
| All Industries | 2412.8 | 97.7 |
| Table 1 Total capital acquisitions in industry (€ million) | ||||||||||||||||
| NACE Rev 2 Code | Description | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q41 | Year1 | ||
| 10, 11 | Food products, beverages | 91.1 | 116.5 | 129.8 | 149.1 | 486.6 | 111.9 | 95.0 | 67.3 | 134.6 | 408.7 | 94.4 | 61.2 | 64.8 | 149.8 | 370.3 |
| 13 | Textiles | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| 14 | Wearing apparel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 16 | Wood and wood products, except furniture | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 15.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 18.7 |
| 17 | Paper and paper products | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 12.6 |
| 18 | Printing and reproduction of recorded media | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 19.2 | 30.3 |
| 20, 21 | Chemicals and chemical products, basic pharmaceutical products and preparations | 117.8 | 160.0 | 188.8 | 243.9 | 710.6 | 193.8 | 236.8 | 765.9 | 586.5 | 1,783.0 | 640.6 | 873.3 | 414.8 | 766.4 | 2,695.2 |
| 22 | Rubber and plastic products | 6.0 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 20.8 | 40.9 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 18.9 | 8.9 | 51.0 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 20.3 | 50.6 |
| 23 | Other non-metallic mineral products | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 28.0 | 47.6 | 11.0 | 21.9 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 62.4 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 16.9 | 51.7 |
| 24, 25 | Basic metals, fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 13.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 19.3 | 42.1 | 12.7 | 4.1 | 35.3 | 20.1 | 72.1 | 5.7 | 13.9 | 10.9 | 15.1 | 45.6 |
| 27 | Electrical equipment | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 23.6 |
| 28 | Machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 9.1 | 20.0 | 12.3 | 38.6 | 80.0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 14.7 | 37.9 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 21.2 | 23.8 | 62.3 |
| 26, 32 | Computer, electronic and optical products, other manufacturing | 603.6 | 466.3 | 857.3 | 869.5 | 2,796.8 | 555.9 | 558.8 | 467.1 | 504.5 | 2,086.3 | 873.9 | 543.9 | 217.3 | 908.8 | 2,543.9 |
| 12, 15, 19, 29-31,33 | Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and instalation of machinery and equipment | 5.5 | 15.2 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 40.2 | 15.6 | 4.0 | 17.3 | 14.2 | 51.0 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 13.6 | 52.2 |
| 10 to 33 | Manufacturing Industries | 861.8 | 805.4 | 1,226.9 | 1,391.4 | 4,285.5 | 924.7 | 956.2 | 1,414.6 | 1,310.4 | 4,605.9 | 1,675.4 | 1,558.2 | 772.7 | 1,954.7 | 5,960.9 |
| 05 to 09 | Mining and quarrying | 14.9 | 15.5 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 53.4 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 15.7 | 45.0 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 17.6 | 56.2 |
| 05 to 33 | Transportable Goods Industries | 876.7 | 820.9 | 1,236.2 | 1,405.0 | 4,338.8 | 932.9 | 967.7 | 1,424.4 | 1,326.1 | 4,651.0 | 1,689.2 | 1,571.2 | 784.3 | 1,972.3 | 6,017.1 |
| 35 | Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply | 223.6 | 385.2 | 346.6 | 203.2 | 1,158.7 | 174.8 | 336.9 | 331.3 | 210.2 | 1,053.2 | 212.1 | 310.1 | 287.9 | 428.9 | 1,239.0 |
| 36 to 39 | Water supply, sewerage and waste management | 9.4 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 27.6 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 31.2 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 37.6 |
| 05 to 39 | All Industries | 1,109.7 | 1,211.4 | 1,589.9 | 1,614.0 | 5,525.1 | 1,116.2 | 1,309.6 | 1,767.6 | 1,542.1 | 5,735.5 | 1,910.1 | 1,889.0 | 1,081.9 | 2,412.8 | 7,293.8 |
| 1 Preliminary estimates | ||||||||||||||||
| Table 2 Total capital sales in industry (€ million) | ||||||||||||||||
| NACE Rev 2 Code | Description | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q41 | Year1 | ||
| 10, 11 | Food products, Beverages | 17.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 10.7 | 33.2 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 22.4 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 8.6 |
| 13 | Textiles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 14 | Wearing apparel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Wood and wood products, except furniture | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 17 | Paper and paper products | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 18 | Printing and reproduction of recorded media | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 20, 21 | Chemicals and chemical products, basic pharmaceutical products and preparations | 3.9 | 12.1 | 21.8 | 2.7 | 40.5 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 81.9 | 132.9 | 223.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | * | 2.6 | * |
| 22 | Rubber and plastic products | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 23 | Other non-metallic mineral products | 0.8 | 2.5 | 24.8 | 10.8 | 39.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 12.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 14.8 |
| 24, 25 | Basic metals, Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
| 27 | Electrical equipment | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | * | 0.0 | * | * | * |
| 28 | Machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
| 26, 32 | Computer, electronic and optical products, other manufacturing | 0.4 | 11.6 | 50.2 | 1.8 | 64.1 | 11.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.8 | * | * | 0.9 | * | * |
| 12, 15, 19, 29-31,33 | Tobacco, leather, coke and refined petroleum products, transport equipment, furniture, repair and instalation of machinery and equipment | 1.0 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 17.6 | 10.0 | 5.1 | * | 6.2 | * |
| 10 to 33 | Manufacturing Industries | 26.6 | 33.5 | 105.1 | 44.4 | 209.7 | 32.4 | 22.7 | 99.2 | 158.1 | 312.4 | 39.1 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 94.3 | 175.8 |
| 05 to 09 | Mining and quarrying | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 6.0 | * | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | * |
| 05 to 33 | Transportable Goods Industries | 27.0 | 33.5 | 105.5 | 46.2 | 212.3 | 32.4 | 24.0 | 99.7 | 162.2 | 318.4 | 44.8 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 95.2 | 184.5 |
| 35 | Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | * | * | * | * | * |
| 36 to 39 | Water supply, sewerage and waste management | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 05 to 39 | All Industries | 28.1 | 35.5 | 106.0 | 49.3 | 219.0 | 33.2 | 24.4 | 101.8 | 165.5 | 324.9 | 50.9 | 25.3 | 27.0 | 97.7 | 200.9 |
| 1 Preliminary estimates | ||||||||||||||||
| * Some data has been suppressed for confidentiality reasons. This will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. | ||||||||||||||||
This release details quarterly acquisitions and sales of capital assets in the Mining, Manufacturing, Energy and Waste Management sectors. The series are derived from a quarterly accounts inquiry to industrial enterprises with 20 or more persons engaged. This inquiry was initiated to meet national and EU requirements for quarterly economic variables, and is conducted under the Statistics (Business Accounts Surveys) Order, 2010, Number 349, made under the Statistics Act 1993.
The survey results, which cover all companies with 20+ employees, are grossed using the latest available Census of Industrial Production (CIP) data to represent acquisitions and sales of capital assets by all industrial enterprises with 3+ persons engaged, and are shown at current values (seasonally unadjusted).
The capital acquisitions series are short-term indicators of trends, and are subject to revision when the annual Census of Industrial Production (CIP) results become available. Note, however, that the CIP variable "additions to capital assets" includes capitalised Research & Development (R&D), which is not included in this release.
The inquiry covers all enterprises with 20 or more persons engaged in the Mining, Manufacturing, Energy and Waste Management sectors. The survey, of approximately 2,000 enterprises, accounts for over 95% of capital acquisitions by enterprises with 3 or more persons engaged (as measured by the CIP).
To derive estimates inclusive of those enterprises having 3 to 19 persons engaged, the sample results are grossed, by NACE division, using grossing ratios from the latest available CIP.
Estimates are made for non-response. For each non-responding enterprise, capital acquisitions data are imputed from returns for that enterprise in previous quarters or to the CIP. Where no historical data are available, estimates are made as follows: the sample is classified into relatively homogeneous cells defined by NACE division and employment size, and the cell ratio acquisitions per person (calculated from the aggregated respondent values in the non-respondent's cell) is applied to the employment for the non-respondent. The estimation procedure for capital sales is similar.
To derive estimates inclusive of those enterprises having 3 to 19 persons engaged, the sample results are grossed, by NACE division, using grossing ratios from the latest available CIP.
Capital assets refers to physical assets, or computer software, with a useful life of more than one year intended to be used by the enterprise itself. The figures in this release are therefore exclusive of capitalised Research & Development.
An enterprise is defined as the smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision making, especially for the allocation of its current resources (e.g. company, partnership, individual proprietorship, etc.). An enterprise may be a sole legal unit.
The figures provided in this release are short-term indicators only. They are based on quarterly information supplied by enterprises, many of whom do not maintain sub-annual accounting systems. The annual Census of Industrial Production, which utilises financial accounts data, should be considered as the definitive reference for annual capital assets information.
For confidentiality reasons the following NACE divisions have been combined:
NACE division 10 with division 11.
NACE division 20 with division 21.
NACE division 24 with division 25.
NACE division 26 with division 32.
NACE divisions 29-30,33 with divisions 12,15,19 and 31.
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