Rio de Janeiro – Despite sliding 1.8% in the country, the Brazilian industrial output went up, in September over August, in eight of the fifteen areas surveyed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The states of Ceará and Pará registered the sharpest output growth with 3.7% and 3.5%, respectively.
Also registering an output growth were the states of Pernambuco (1.7%), Goiás (1.4%), Rio Grande do Sul (1.3%), Rio de Janeiro (1.0%), Espírito Santo (0.9%) and Mato Grosso (0.9%).
On the other hand, seven areas drove down the country’s industrial output, particularly the states of Amazonas (-5.2%) and São Paulo (-3.9%). Other states to register a decline in output were Bahia (-3.3%), Paraná (-3.1%), Minas Gerais (-1.9%) and Santa Catarina (-1.8%). The northeast region’s industrial output slid 1.9%.
Year-to-date, there were increases in 12 of the 15 areas surveyed. Year-over-year, 11 of the 15 areas surveyed showed an output growth.
Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
