In the first five months of the year, industrial activity accumulated an increase of 5.7%.
During May, fifteen of the sixteen divisions of the manufacturing industry presented year-on-year increases.
In order of their incidence at the general level, increases were recorded in “Food and beverages”, 8.8%; “Clothing, leather and footwear”, 51.1%; “Non-metallic mineral products”, 20.2%; “Motor vehicles, bodies, trailers and auto parts”, 23.3%; “Wood, paper, publishing and printing”, 11.5%; “Machinery and equipment”, 15.8%; “Other equipment, apparatus and instruments”, 24.1%; “Chemical substances and products”, 4.2%; “Rubber and plastic products”, 11.6%; “Oil refining, coke and nuclear fuel”, 12.2%.
Meanwhile, activity in “Basic metal industries” rose 5.7%; “Furniture and mattresses, and other manufacturing industries”, 9.1%; “Metal products”, 6.5%; “Other transport equipment”, 63.6%; and “Textile products”, 2.4%.
The only item that showed a decline was “Tobacco products”, with a fall of 17.4%.
Source: Ambito
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