Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian industrial output was down 2% in July from June this year. The information was released this Tuesday (3rd) in the Monthly Industrial Survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE, in the Portuguese acronym).
The decline took place in all four industry categories, especially durable consumer goods, down 7.2%. Production of capital goods (machinery and equipment used in manufacturing) was down 3.3%. Semi-durable and non-durable consumer goods production was down 1.5% and intermediate goods production (industry inputs) was down 0.7%.
On the other hand, compared with July 2012, production was up 2%. Output also increased year-to-date through July (2%) and in the 12-month period ended July (0.6%).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
