Industry grows in 11 of 14 regions surveyed.
The states of Rio Grande do Sul (with a 6,8% increase), Paraná (5,6%), Goiás (5%), and Bahia (3,8%) stood out; three states experienced a decline in industrial production: Espírito Santo (-6,7%), Pará (-4,9%), and Minas Gerais (-1,3%).
Industrial production grew in 11 of the 14 locations surveyed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2013. The states with the most significant increases were Rio Grande do Sul (6,8%), Paraná (5,6%), Goiás (5%), and Bahia (3,8%).
The states of Ceará (3,3%) and Santa Catarina (1,5%) also had increases above the national average of 1,2%. Other locations with growth in 2013 were the Northeast Region (0,8%) and the states of São Paulo (0,7%), Pernambuco (0,7%), Amazonas (0,7%) and Rio de Janeiro (0,1%).
Three states experienced a drop in industrial production: Espírito Santo (-6,7%), Pará (-4,9%) and Minas Gerais (-1,3%).
Comparing only the months of December and November, there was a decrease in 11 locations. The largest increase was observed in Goiás (8,2%) and the largest decrease in Minas Gerais (with a drop of 8,6%).
In a comparison of December 2013 with the same period in 2012, there was a decrease in eight locations. The positive highlight was Rio Grande do Sul, with an increase of 11%, and the negative highlight was Minas Gerais, with a decrease of 7,2% in production.