Industrial production starts 2016 with rise

Industrial production rose in eight of the 14 areas surveyed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) for the period between December 2015 and January 2016. The main increases were recorded in the states of Santa Catarina (3.7%) and Pará (3.3%), according to data from the Brazilian Monthly Industrial Survey of Physical Production (PIM-PF), released today by the institute.

Despite the national average rise of 0.4%, six areas that reported a drop in production. Among them the states of Pernambuco, Amazonas and Espírito Santo reported a drop of 2.1% each.

Compared with January 2015, 12 out of 15 areas surveyed decrease production, the most steady drop has been reported in Amazonas (30.9%), followed by Pernambuco (29.4%) and Espírito Santo (26.3%) . Only three states  reported rise, Pará (10.5%), Bahia (10.3%) and Mato Grosso (9.3%).

For the 12-month cumulative rate, a drop has also been reported in 12 out of 15 areas surveyed, especially for the rate of Amazonas (18.4%), São Paulo (11.7%) and Rio Grande do Sul (11.3%). The three states with the largest increase in production were Mato Grosso (4.8%), Pará (4%) and Espírito Santo (0.6%).

Translated by Amarílis Anchieta