THE latest UN Report has noted that new setbacks have dimmed the
prospects of a global manufacturing recovery, and finds that growth in this sector has
remained sluggish in the third quarter of 2012, with output rising by just 2.2
per cent compared to the same quarter last year, the lowest rate since 2009.
According to the world manufacturing production statistics for the third
quarter of 2012, published by the UN Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO), trends for the first half of this year were a mixture of dynamic growth
in North America, East Asia and developing countries, and uncertainty in Europe.
However, the latest production data indicate “a stronger recession in
Europe and a weakened recovery in North America and East Asia, as well as a
sustained slowdown in developing countries,” the Vienna-based agency said in a
news release.
It
added that industrialized countries, as a group, have experienced a decrease in
industrial production for the first time since 2009.
UNIDO
estimates show that during the third quarter, manufacturing output dropped in
all major euro-zone economies compared to the same quarter in the previous year,
with Germany experiencing a fall of 1.7 per cent, Italy 6.2 per cent, France 1.9
per cent and the United Kingdom 0.9 per cent. Austria, Malta and Slovakia were
among the few nations registering positive growth.
Manufacturing output in Japan decreased by 4.6 per cent, while it grew by
4.1 per cent in the United States and by 0.3 per cent in Russia.
The
agency pointed out that, compared to industrialized countries, the rate of
industrial growth of developing countries remained high, however the impact of
global contraction is clear.
The
manufacturing output of developing countries grew by 6.6 per cent in the third
quarter, compared to the same quarter last year, but fell by 2.3 per cent
compared to the second quarter.
Manufacturing output in China grew year-on-year by 9.2 per cent, in
Mexico by 4.1 per cent and in Turkey by 3.3 per cent. India achieved a nominal
growth of 0.2 per cent but manufacturing output fell in Latin American
countries.
|
