With 39 percent for the six-month period, the sector is 1.4 percentage points higher than February, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brazil’s industrial production was down in nine of the 15 locations surveyed, as reported by the government’s statistics agency IBGE from September to October this year, despite the 0.2 percent increase in the national average.
Brazil's industrial output slipped 0.8% in August from July, but closed out the first eight months of the year with a hike of 1.5%.
Brazil's industrial production closed out April up 0.6% from March. As against other periods, however, there has been a decrease: compared to the first four months of the year (-0.7%), over April 2016 (-4.5%) or considering the cumulative 12-month production (-3.6%).
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