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Selected production and sales changes in South African manufacturing, September 2026 release

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Largest negative contributionsDivisions behind the year-on-year production decline

Production change

Scale · -19% to 0%

  • Vehicles and other transport equipment-15%
  • Wood, paper, publishing and printing-11.2%
  • Furniture and other manufacturing-19%
  • Basic metals, metal products and machinery-3.7%

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Selected production and sales changes in South African manufacturing, September 2026 release

The table reproduces the comparisons highlighted by Statistics South Africa. Quarterly and monthly changes are seasonally adjusted. Contributions are unavailable where the summary does not report them.

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September 2026 vs September 2025All manufacturingProduction-3.5UnavailableSource 1
September 2026 vs September 2025Vehicles and other transport equipmentProduction-15-1.1Source 1
September 2026 vs September 2025Wood, paper, publishing and printingProduction-11.2-1.1Source 1
September 2026 vs September 2025Furniture and other manufacturingProduction-19-0.8Source 1
September 2026 vs September 2025Basic metals, metal products and machineryProduction-3.7-0.8Source 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026All manufacturingProduction0.9UnavailableSource 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026Food and beveragesProduction4.91.2Source 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026Basic metals, metal products and machineryProduction1.20.3Source 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026All manufacturingSales3.2UnavailableSource 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026Vehicles and other transport equipmentSales10.91.5Source 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026Petroleum, chemicals, rubber and plasticsSales4.41Source 1
Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026Food and beveragesSales3.40.9Source 1
July 2026 vs June 2026All manufacturingProduction2.1UnavailableSource 1
August 2026 vs July 2026All manufacturingProduction-3UnavailableSource 1
September 2026 vs August 2026All manufacturingProduction0UnavailableSource 1
July 2026 vs June 2026All manufacturingSales4.8UnavailableSource 1
August 2026 vs July 2026All manufacturingSales1.3UnavailableSource 1
September 2026 vs August 2026All manufacturingSales-2.2UnavailableSource 1

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