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The truckers' strike resulted in a general collapse of the industry in May. According to the monthly industrial survey on the regional physical output of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), activity declined in 14 of the 15 sites surveyed from April to May.
The episode, however, worsened a situation According to the Institute of Industrial Development Studies (Iedi), it was no longer the most favorable. "Since the beginning of 2018, the growth of the industry was registering a certain decline in intensity, with the exception of April," says the report.
The state of São Paulo, the country's largest industrial park, recorded a decline of 11.4% from April to May. The most significant declines occurred in Mato Grosso (-24.1%), Paraná (-18.4%), Bahia (-15.0%) and Santa Catarina (-15.0%). The Rio Grande do Sul (-11.0%) also recorded a larger loss than the industry average, which dropped 10.9% over the period. Other declines occurred in Goiás (-10.9%), Minas Gerais (-10.2%), Pernambuco (-8.1%), Rio de Janeiro (-7.0%), in Ceará (-4.9%), Amazonas (-4.1%) and Espírito Santo (-2.3%).
The only increase was recorded in Pará, with an increase of 9.2% from April to May. "The industrial structure [no Pará] is very heavily based on the extractive industries, whose companies depend on rail transport to sell their production," Iedi said in a report.
Annual comparison
According to the IBGE, 12 of the 15 sites surveyed in May recorded production losses in the annual comparison due to the strike and the calendar effect, as in the fifth month of this year there was one less business day. (-15.7%), Mato Grosso (-14.7%), Bahia (-13.7%) and Paraná (-12.0%). The most intense declines occurred in Goiás (-15.7%). %), Mato Grosso There was an expansion in Pará (6.0%), Amazonas (4.5%) and Rio de Janeiro (0.9%).
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