Brasília – Real revenue of the Brazilian manufacturing industry went up 1.2% in September over August, reported this Tuesday (3rd) the National Confederation of Industry (CNI). It was the second straight month of increase.
In the comparison with September 2014, however, revenues declined 8.4%. The numbers are part of CNI’s survey Industry Indicators. From January to September, there was a decline of 6.8% over the same period of last year.
The survey shows that hours worked declined 0.7% in September over August. In comparison to September 2014, there was a decline of 12.4%. Year-to-date, there’s a decline of 9.5%.
Capacity utilization dropped 77.7%, the lowest number since January 2003, with a decline of 0.2% from August to September. In September 2014, capacity utilization stood at 81.5%.
The employment rate dropped 1.7% in September over August. It was the steepest drop since January 2003, when the historical series started.
Still in September, real wages declined 1.6% against a drop of 8.2% in September 2014, with a year-to-date decline of 5.3%. Workers’ real average income declined 0.3% over August and 0.3% over September of last year. Year-to-date, it went up 0.2%.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
