Rio de Janeiro – Industrial output in Brazil increased in 10 out of 14 regions surveyed by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the comparison between July and June. The highest rates of growth were recorded in the states of Paraná (15.3%), Espírito Santo (8.9%), Goiás (6.0%) and Amazonas (3.6%), all of which had higher growth than the national average for the same period last year (2.2%).
Figures from the Regional Monthly Industrial Survey on Physical Production, disclosed today (3rd) by the IBGE, show that production also grew in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais (both of which recorded growth of 1.8%), São Paulo (1.4%), Rio Grande do Sul (1.1%), Ceará (0.9%) and Santa Catarina (0.8%).
Regions in which there factory activity slowed down were the state of Bahia (-6.0%), the Northeast region (-3.5%), the state of Pernambuco (-1.5%) and the state of Pará (-1.0%).
In comparison with the same period last year, the output decreased in every region, except for the state of Goiás, where production grew 4.4%. The highest rates of reduction were those of Espírito Santo (-20.0%), Minas Gerais (-16.1%) and São Paulo (-11.9%). The remaining regions, as the survey points out, had milder reductions than the national average.
The IBGE survey also shows that from January to July, the sector recorded an overall slowdown, with reduced output in all locations, in particular the states of Espírito Santo (-27.9%) and Minas Gerais (-20.5%).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
