Even though Nigeria’s economy accelerated to 2.55 percent in 2019, the manufacturing sector grew by just 0.77 percent in full-year 2019, sliding reasonably from 2.09 percent in 2018, though some improvement from and -0.21 percent contraction in 2017.
According to GDP figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday morning, the Manufacturing sector grew by 1.24 percent in Q4 2019 from 1.10 percent in Q3 2019 but still less than 2.35% in Q4 2018.
The sector contributed 8.74 percent to overall real GDP in Q4 2019, lower than the 8.86 percent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2018 but the same as 8.74 percent recorded in the third quarter of 2019.
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.55 percent (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2019, representing the highest quarterly growth performance since the 2016 recession.
The NBS said this shows a 0.17 percent points increase from 2.38 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and also an increase of 0.27 percent points when compared with the third quarter of 2019.
Overall, this resulted in an annual 2019 real growth rate of 2.27 percent, compared to 1.91% in 2018. Quarter on quarter, real GDP growth was 5.59 percent.
For full-year, manufacturing real contribution was 9.06 percent in 2019 as against 9.20% contributed in 2018, the NBS said.
The Manufacturing sector comprises thirteen activities: Oil Refining; Cement; Food, Beverages and Tobacco; Textile, Apparel, and Footwear; Wood and Wood Products; Pulp Paper and Paper products; Chemical and Pharmaceutical products; Non-metallic Products, Plastic and Rubber products; Electrical and electronic, BasicMetalandIronandSteel;
Oil Refining under the manufacturing sector contracted by -25.71 percent in Q4 2019 from -30.77 percent in Q3 2019 and 33.60 percent in Q4 2018.
Also, it contracted by -31.39 percent in full-year 2019 from – 3.97 percent in 2018 and -27.70 percent in 2017, according to the NBS numbers.
The NBS reported Nominal GDP growth of the sector in the fourth quarter of 2019 at 26 percent (year-on-year), -7.27 percent points lower than figures recorded in the corresponding period of 2018 (33.57%) and -13.40 percent points lower than the preceding quarter’s figure of 39.69 percent. Quarter on quarter, growth was recorded at –3.61 percent, and 34.73 percent for full-year 2019.
The contribution of Manufacturing to Nominal GDP in Q4 was 11.37 percent, higher than the figure recorded in the corresponding period of 2018 at 10.11% but lower than the third quarter of 2019 at 12.34%.
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