Consumption of industrial goods dropped 2.3% in January compared to December 2021. Both domestic production, destined for the domestic market, and imports, showed reductions in this period.
Demand drops were, respectively, 2.2% and 2.4%. The data were released this Thursday (24) by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea).
The Apparent Consumption Indicator of Industrial Goods was driven, mainly, by the segments of durable consumer goods (-14.2%) and capital goods (-12.9%). In the 12-month period, the index has already accumulated a high of 6.6%.
The numbers surpass the performance of Brazilian industry, which had a rise of 3.1% in the last Monthly Industrial Survey, measured by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
“In the year-over-year comparison, domestic demand for industrial goods dropped 7.7% compared to January last year, with a drop of 3.8% in the moving quarter compared to the same period in 2021”, highlights the document.
In the analysis by segments, only three of them registered positive changes. The biggest highlight was the area of oil and derivatives, with an increase of 2%. In contrast, transport equipment and vehicles had the worst performances, with declines of 23.6% and 14.6%.
In relation to production classes, the activities of the manufacturing industry fell by 3.2% in relation to December. On the other hand, mineral extraction grew by 0.6%; the third consecutive rise.
* Under the supervision of Anelise Infante
Source: CNN Brasil
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