Brasília – The processing industry achieved its best result in job generation in Brazil in September. A total of 123,318 new jobs were created. The figures were supplied by the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged) of the Brazilian Ministry of Labour. Year-to-date, the sector is running a surplus of 62,759 jobs (jobs created minus dismissals).
According to figures supplied by the Ministry of Labour, the performance of the processing industry is the highest ever recorded by the Caged. The previous highest result had been recorded in September 2007, when 112,114 new jobs were created. The data also show that the 12 sectors of the processing industry performed well last month.
Highlights include the food industry, which generated 62,768 new jobs and the textile industry, with 10,502 jobs. The footwear industry created 8,893 new jobs, the metal work industry, 8,069, the chemical industry, 7,908, and the mechanical industry, 6,158.
To the minister of Labour, Carlos Lupi, industry will continue to run surpluses throughout the year. “I feel safe because the recovery is steady in all sectors and in all of the country’s states, and there is a demand [for industry],” he said.
From November last year to March this year, the processing industry lost 501,390 job positions, in a period during which the international financial crisis affected the Brazilian economy. Despite the good result this month, the sector has not yet recovered all of the jobs that it lost with the crisis.
Other sectors that performed well were services, with 62,768 jobs, trade, which recorded a surplus of 50,301 jobs created, and civil construction, with 32,667 new jobs. Lupi stated that he has revised his expectations concerning job generation this year, and that he estimates that 1.1 million new jobs should be created.
“In the second half, Brazil is doing very well, as we had forecasted, due to strong expansion of the domestic market, which was crucial for us to exit the crisis,” he said.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
