Agência Brasil*
Rio de Janeiro – Industrial production in Brazil in the month of August grew in nine regions, among the 14 researched every month by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The states that presented greatest growth, in comparison to July, were Bahia (NE Brazil, 3.2%), Goiás (in the Midwest, 2.1%), Minas Gerais (SE, 1.3%) and Rio de Janeiro (SE, 1.1%) and Rio Grande do Sul (southern Brazil, with 0.9%).
The southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, where the largest industrial park in the country is located, presented a slight expansion of 0.5%, below the national average (0.7%). The state of Amazonas, in the north, remained stable.
The most significant reductions were registered in Espírito Santo (-5.8%), Pernambuco (-3.0%), Ceará (-2.2%) and Santa Catarina (-0.2%).
When compared to August 2005, the national levels of industrial production were positive in 11 regions, with a special performance in Pará (19.1%). The state of Rio Grande do Sul (-2.6%) continued losing production, followed by Amazonas (-1.3%) and the southern state of Paraná (-0.6%).
In the accumulated result for the year, ten of the 14 regions covered by the Monthly Industrial Study of Physical Regional Productivity presented expansion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
