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The data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses correspond to the interannual comparison of both indices. In the first half of the year, the manufacturing sector accumulated a rise of 5.9% and the construction sector 6.5%
Tuesday, August 09, 2022 | 5:22 p.m.
Industrial activity grew 6.9% in June and construction 7.2%
Industrial activity grew 6.9% during June in relation to the same month last year, and 2.6% in relation to May, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) reported on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the construction sector during June increased 7.2% year-on-year, but fell 1.8% compared to May, the agency detailed.
Thus, in the first half of the year the manufacturing sector accumulated a rise of 5.9% and the construction sector 6.5%.
In June, fourteen of the sixteen divisions of the industry presented year-on-year increases. In order of their incidence in the general level, increases were registered in «Clothes, leather and footwear», 37.6%; «Machinery and equipment», 18.3%; «Other equipment, devices and instruments», 28.4%.
They also presented increases «Basic metal industries», 8.9%; «Food and beverages», 1.9%; «Non-metallic mineral products», 10%; «Motor vehicles», 11.2%; «Chemical substances and products», 3.3%; «Oil refining», 12.8%; «Furniture and mattresses, and other manufacturing industries», 7.7%;
In addition, increases were noted in items such as Rubber and plastic products, 3%; «Wood, paper, publishing and printing», 1.3%; «Other transport equipment», 11.8%; and «Textile products», 0.2%.
For their part, the divisions corresponding to «Metal products» showed falls, 6.4%; and «Tobacco»; 17.5%.
Regarding supplies for construction in June, they showed increases of 24.5% in manufactured concrete in relation to the same month of the previous year; 22.3% in plasterboard; 20.6% in the "rest of inputs" which includes taps, seamless steel tubes and glass.
They also closed with increases of 15.7% in round iron and steel; 14.8% in portland cement; 10.3% in ceramic sanitary ware; 9.3% in paints; 8.1% in ceramic floors and coverings; 8% gypsum and 2.5% lime. Meanwhile, drops of 8.2% are observed in hollow bricks; 4% in asphalt; and 1.9% in granitic and calcareous mosaics. |
