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In the 0.7% drop in industry from August to September, the four major economic categories and 21 of the 26 sectors surveyed showed a reduction in production. With these results, the industrial sector is still 2.4% below the pre-pandemic level (February 2020) and 18.7% below the record level reached in May 2011.
Among activities, the most important negative influences came from food products (-2.9%), metallurgy (-7.6%) and coke, petroleum products and biofuels (-2.6%). It is also worth highlighting the declines in beverages (-4.6%) and wood products (-8.8%).
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On the other hand, among the five activities on the rise, extractive industries (1.8%) and machinery and equipment (2.2%) had the main impacts in September 2022, with the first eliminating part of the decline of 3.1% registered in August and the second marking the second consecutive month of expansion in production, accumulating 15.3% of gain in this period.
Among the major economic categories, still in comparison with August, semi and non-durable consumer goods (-1.4%) and intermediate goods (-1.1%) had negative rates, with both showing the second consecutive month of decline and accumulating losses in this period of 3.3% and 2.7%, respectively. The capital goods (-0.5%) and durable consumer goods (-0.2%) sectors also showed a reduction in September. The information is from IBGE.
By: Rodrigo Ramos | Crops & Market
