According to a private report, industrial production fell sharply in June | Economy

According to a private report, industrial production fell sharply in June

. Industrial production fell sharply in June: 5% compared to the same month last year. In this way, it has accumulated in the first half a drop of 0.2%, according to a report released today by Orlando Ferreres consultancy.

The report warned that " short-term prospects are not encouraging ] given the macroeconomic context that has been set locally, and an international panorama that is not not beneficial. "

In the segment of food and beverages it showed a decrease of 6.8% compared to June 2017, with special collapse in the production of oils (-14 , 1%) and in beverages (8%).

The production of automobile as for it, suffered a deterioration in June 13.4% of a year on the other, affected by labor disputes in Brazil, which did not allow the normal operation of the terminals.

As reported by the consultant, this decline affected the trajectories observed in segments such as Metallic Base (1.3% ac from year to year). other), which also suffers from the weak dynamism of the construction, just like the Non metallic minerals (0.9% retracement)