The loss of breath of the transformation industry in the Brazilian economy is widespread. Virtually all industries — 12 out of 14 surveyed — have reduced their share of the economy since the 1990s.
The information is from a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (Ibre/FGV) obtained exclusively by the Estadão/BroadcastGrupo Estado’s real-time news system.
Considering an average share in the last three decades, the food and beverage industry, for example, reduced its share of GDP generation from an average of 2.9%, from 1990 to 1999, to 2.7% from 2000 to 2009. , falling to 2.2% between 2010 and 2019.
In the same period, the textile industry saw its contribution shrink from 1% to 0.5% and then to just 0.3%; clothing and accessories increased from 1% to 0.6% and, subsequently, to 0.5%; whereas that of the steel industry, which was 1.7% between 1990 and 1999, shrank to 1.5% and then to 1.3%.
The only exceptions among the 14 activities surveyed were the vehicle and footwear segments, which did not expand either: they remained stagnant or shrank compared to the immediately previous decade.
The branch of vehicles, parts and other transport equipment went from an average share of 1.1%, between 1990 and 1999, to 1.4% from 2000 to 2009; but fell to 1.2% from 2010 to 2019.
In the same period, the segment of leather goods and footwear went from 0.3% to 0.4%, returning to 0.3%.
“The drop in productivity has to do with less efficient machines, ineffective training of workers, the scope of education, structural problems,” said Claudio Considera, coordinator of the National Accounts Center at Ibre/FGV.
The information is from the newspaper. The State of São Paulo.
Source: CNN Brasil
