Services sector retreats 1.9% in January
March 16, 2018 09h00 AM | Last Updated: March 20, 2018 12h36 PM
In the seasonally-adjusted series, the services sector retreated -1.9% in January 2018, after rising in November (1.0%) and December 2017 (1.5%). In the seasonally-unadjusted series, volume of services fell 1.3% over January last year. The cumulative rate in 12 months stayed at -2.7%.
Concerning the activities in the seasonally-adjusted series, the major declines were registered in the segments of Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing (-3.0%) and Professional, administrative and complementary services (-1.4%), whereas Other services advanced 3.8%.
In the seasonally-unadjusted series, the most important drops among the sectors came from Information and communication services (-5.0%) and, once again, from Professional, administrative and complementary services (-3.3%).
The support material of the Monthly Survey of Services - PMS is on the right side of this page.
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Period |
Volume |
|---|---|
|
January 2018 / December 2017 |
-1.9% |
|
January 2018 / January 2017 |
-1.3% |
|
Cumulative in 12 months |
-2.7% |
The services sector fell -1.3% in relation to January 2017, pressed by drops in the segments of Information and communication services (-5.0%); Professional, administrative and complementary services (-3.3%); and Services rendered to families (-2.9%). On the other hand, the segments of Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing (4.0%) and Other services (2.5%) increased.
| Monthly Survey of Services | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicators of Volume of Services, according to dissemination activities | ||||||||||||
| January 2018 - Change (%) | ||||||||||||
| Dissemination Activities | Month/Previous month (1) | Monthly (2) | Cumulative in the year (3) | Last 12 months (4) | ||||||||
| NOV | DEC | JAN | NOV | DEC | JAN | JAN-NOV | JAN-DEC | JAN-JAN | Up to NOV | Up to DEC | Up to JAN | |
| Volume of Services - Brazil | 1.0 | 1.5 | -1.9 | -0.7 | 0.6 | -1.3 | -3.2 | -2.8 | -1.3 | -3.4 | -2.8 | -2.7 |
| 1. Services rendered to families | 0.9 | -1.2 | -0.6 | 1.5 | -3.5 | -2.9 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -2.9 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -1.0 |
| 1.1 Housing and food services | 1.2 | -1.1 | -1.0 | 2.0 | -2.4 | -2.3 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1.2 Other services rendered to families | -1.2 | -3.8 | 2.6 | -1.4 | -9.5 | -5.7 | -5.1 | -5.5 | -5.7 | -4.5 | -5.5 | -6.3 |
| 2. Information and communication services | 0.7 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | 2.3 | -5.0 | -2.4 | -2.0 | -5.0 | -2.8 | -2.0 | -2.4 |
| 2.1 Information and communication technology services (ICT) | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.7 | 2.6 | -4.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -4.8 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -1.3 |
| 2.1.1 Telecommunications | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 | -2.9 | 0.4 | -6.7 | -3.0 | -2.8 | -6.7 | -3.3 | -2.8 | -3.3 |
| 2.1.2 Information technology services | 0.0 | -3.1 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| 2.2 Audiovisual services | 5.6 | 1.7 | -2.9 | -0.6 | 1.5 | -6.8 | -8.5 | -7.6 | -6.8 | -8.5 | -7.6 | -7.6 |
| 3. Professional, administrative and complementary services | 0.4 | 0.6 | -1.4 | -5.9 | -3.5 | -3.3 | -7.7 | -7.3 | -3.3 | -7.4 | -7.3 | -7.0 |
| 3.1 Technical-professional services | -0.1 | 5.0 | -6.7 | -9.2 | -5.1 | -3.0 | -13.1 | -12.3 | -3.0 | -12.7 | -12.3 | -11.8 |
| 3.2 Administrative and complementary services | 1.5 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -3.8 | -2.7 | -3.4 | -4.6 | -4.5 | -3.4 | -4.5 | -4.5 | -4.4 |
| 4. Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing | 0.8 | 2.6 | -3.0 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 4.1 Land transportation | 0.7 | -0.2 | -1.1 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| 4.2 Water transportation | -2.9 | -4.5 | 5.2 | 28.5 | 22.2 | 12.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| 4.3 Air transportation | 3.0 | 7.9 | -4.5 | -24.3 | -17.5 | 1.7 | -19.6 | -19.4 | 1.7 | -17.6 | -19.4 | -18.0 |
| 4.4 Storgae, support activities for transportation and mailing | -0.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 5. Other services | -0.6 | 1.1 | 3.8 | -10.0 | -5.5 | 2.5 | -9.2 | -8.9 | 2.5 | -8.4 | -8.9 | -8.3 |
| Source: IBGE. Diretoria de Pesquisas. Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio | ||||||||||||
| (1) Base: immediately previous mont - with seasonal adjustment | (3) Base: same period in the previous year | |||||||||||
| (2) Base: same month in the previous year | (4) Base: 12 previous months | |||||||||||
Services retreat in 18 of 27 states surveyed against December 2017
In regional terms, the negative changes, compared with December 2017, that mostly contributed to the overall index came from São Paulo (-1.4%), Rio de Janeiro (-2.7), Santa Catarina (-7.6%), Rio Grande do Sul (-2.4%) and Federal District (-2.1%). Conversely, the major positive influences came from Ceará (19.4%) and Bahia (4.3%).
In the seasonally-unadjusted series, Rio de Janeiro (-3.9%), Federal District (-6.1%), Minas Gerais (-2.4%), Pernambuco (-5.7%) and Ceará (-6.0%) registered the most intense drops compared with January 2017. On the other hand, São Paulo (0.6%) recorded the most relevant expansion.
| Monthly Survey of Services | ||||||||||||
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| Indicators of Volume of Services, according to Federation Units | ||||||||||||
| January 2018 - Change (%) | ||||||||||||
| Brazil and Federation Units | Month/Previous month (1) | Monthly (2) | Cumulative in the year (3) | Last 12 months (4) | ||||||||
| NOV | DEC | JAN | NOV | DEC | JAN | JAN-NOV | JAN-DEC | JAN-JAN | Up to NOV | Up to DEC | Up to JAN | |
| Volume of Services - Brazil | 1.0 | 1.5 | -1.9 | -0.7 | 0.6 | -1.3 | -3.2 | -2.8 | -1.3 | -3.4 | -2.8 | -2.7 |
| Rondônia | 5.7 | 0.7 | -4.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | -2.5 | -12.2 | -11.1 | -2.5 | -12.9 | -11.1 | -9.4 |
| Acre | 9.7 | 0.0 | -7.2 | -0.6 | 2.0 | -7.4 | -5.0 | -4.4 | -7.4 | -5.1 | -4.4 | -4.7 |
| Amazonas | 4.8 | 1.2 | -4.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 4.9 | -2.5 | -1.6 | 4.9 | -2.9 | -1.6 | -0.3 |
| Roraima | -0.2 | 20.2 | -21.6 | -4.2 | 14.2 | -9.6 | -12.7 | -10.5 | -9.6 | -12.3 | -10.5 | -9.7 |
| Pará | 0.9 | 0.0 | -1.5 | -10.8 | -8.4 | -8.8 | -10.0 | -9.9 | -8.8 | -9.8 | -9.9 | -9.8 |
| Amapá | -2.3 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -14.0 | -10.2 | -0.5 | -14.6 | -14.2 | -0.5 | -14.4 | -14.2 | -12.8 |
| Tocantins | 0.7 | -12.8 | 6.8 | -2.1 | -18.2 | -8.7 | -11.0 | -11.5 | -8.7 | -11.7 | -11.5 | -10.2 |
| Maranhão | -5.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | -13.0 | -7.6 | -5.0 | -10.2 | -10.0 | -5.0 | -10.1 | -10.0 | -9.5 |
| Piauí | 6.7 | 6.2 | -7.0 | -2.8 | 5.0 | -18.8 | -3.1 | -2.4 | -18.8 | -3.3 | -2.4 | -5.1 |
| Ceará | 0.7 | -7.0 | 19.4 | -8.4 | -16.6 | -6.0 | -5.9 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.4 | -7.0 | -7.9 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 0.1 | 3.3 | -5.2 | -7.7 | -3.2 | -12.6 | -1.9 | -2.0 | -12.6 | -2.0 | -2.0 | -3.4 |
| Paraíba | 0.0 | 4.3 | -4.1 | -9.8 | -1.0 | -4.0 | -9.2 | -8.5 | -4.0 | -9.4 | -8.5 | -7.9 |
| Pernambuco | 1.0 | 1.4 | -1.3 | -4.6 | -4.1 | -5.7 | -5.5 | -5.3 | -5.7 | -5.5 | -5.3 | -5.8 |
| Alagoas | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.1 | -6.6 | -6.1 | -3.2 | -4.0 | -4.2 | -3.2 | -3.7 | -4.2 | -4.8 |
| Sergipe | 0.6 | -0.8 | -1.9 | -7.2 | -7.2 | -2.6 | -10.7 | -10.4 | -2.6 | -10.5 | -10.4 | -9.3 |
| Bahia | -3.1 | -1.0 | 4.3 | -6.3 | -3.0 | -1.5 | -4.7 | -4.5 | -1.5 | -5.0 | -4.5 | -4.7 |
| Minas Gerais | 0.4 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -4.5 | -2.4 | -2.3 | -2.5 | -2.4 | -2.1 | -2.5 | -2.6 |
| Espírito Santo | 2.2 | 4.0 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | -1.5 | -1.2 | 0.3 | -1.8 | -1.2 | -1.5 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 0.5 | 2.1 | -2.7 | -4.0 | -0.3 | -3.9 | -8.6 | -7.9 | -3.9 | -8.9 | -7.9 | -7.7 |
| São Paulo | 0.9 | 1.5 | -1.4 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.6 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| Paraná | 1.7 | -0.6 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | -0.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | -0.5 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Santa Catarina | -0.1 | 7.1 | -7.6 | -0.6 | 4.1 | -1.7 | -6.1 | -5.3 | -1.7 | -6.6 | -5.3 | -4.7 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2.0 | 2.8 | -2.4 | -0.7 | 3.9 | -0.6 | -3.9 | -3.2 | -0.6 | -4.1 | -3.2 | -3.0 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.2 | -9.5 | -3.3 | -0.2 | -9.8 | -9.3 | -0.2 | -10.1 | -9.3 | -7.5 |
| Mato Grosso | 5.2 | -3.6 | -1.3 | 56.5 | 48.4 | 6.4 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 15.8 | 17.5 |
| Goiás | 2.7 | 0.4 | -0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | -4.2 | -3.7 | 0.1 | -4.9 | -3.7 | -3.0 |
| Federal District | -2.7 | 2.0 | -2.1 | -11.6 | -1.9 | -6.1 | -12.3 | -11.4 | -6.1 | -12.0 | -11.4 | -10.7 |
| Source: IBGE. Diretoria de Pesquisas. Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio | ||||||||||||
| (1) Base: immediately previous month - with seasonal adjustment | (3) Base: same period in the previous year | |||||||||||
| (2) Base: same month in the previous year | (4) Base: 12 previous months | |||||||||||
Tourism activities register third advance in a row in Brazil
Having changed 0.3% in January 2018 in the seasonally-adjusted series, the especial aggregate of Tourism activities recorded the third positive rate in a row, the same sequence posted by Rio de Janeiro, which rose 4.8% this month. The other advances came from Minas Gerais (2.6%), Goiás (2.3%), Federal District (1.6%), Espírito Santo (1.1%), Ceará (0.5%) and Bahia (0.3%). Santa Catarina (-5.5%) Paraná (-3.4%), São Paulo (-2.1%) and Rio Grande do Sul (-1.4%) dropped
In the seasonally-unadjusted series, tourism remained stable (0.0%) in the overall index in relation to January 2017, showing a rise in most of the 12 places surveyed: The Federal District (13.1%), Espírito Santo (11.2%), Goiás (5.5%), Minas Gerais (5.1%) Pernambuco (4.7%) Santa Catarina (3.0%), Paraná (2.6%) and Bahia (2.0%), whereas Rio de Janeiro (-8.3%), followed by Ceará (-2.6%), São Paulo (-0.2%) and Rio Grande do Sul (-0.2%) declined in this indicator.
