Index of Production and Construction, Quarter 1 2011

The Index of Production and the Index of Construction for Wales show the short term movements in the output of industries in the production and construction sectors within Wales including new data for the three months to March relating to the first quarter of 2011.

Statistics on the Index of Production and the Index of Construction include data for Wales and the UK for the period up to Quarter 1 2011. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 29 March 2011.

The key messages from the release are:

• The longer term trend for the Index of Production for Wales shows a rise of 4.5 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters.  UK output rose by 2.5 per cent. The short term quarterly movements show a rise of 2.1 per cent for Wales whilst the UK fell slightly, down 0.1 per cent.
• The longer term trend for the Index of Construction for Wales shows a rise of 4.6 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters. UK output rose by 7.6 per cent over the same period.  The short term quarterly movements in the construction industry show a rise for Wales (up 2.6 per cent) and a fall for the UK (down 4.0 per cent).

StatsWales tables will be published in due course.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5017
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)