Investments in industry fall 13% in 2015
June 28, 2017 10h00 AM | Last Updated: July 18, 2017 04h06 PM
Reduction of 8,454 in total number of mining and manufacturing industries, drop of 642,138 workplaces and nominal decrease of 13% in investments These results of the IBGE´s Annual Survey of Industry 2015 reflect the increase in the retraction of industry, previously pointed out by the 2014 data.
"In 2015, the Brazilian industry shows a weak performance in terms of industrial output, reflecting the uncertainties in the political and fiscal scenarios, like the increase in unemployment and the loss of the investment grade", explained economist Maristella Rodrigues, of the Coordination of Industry.
The number of industries changed from 333,739 to 325,277 and the number of employed persons decreased from 8.8 million to 8.1 million between 2014 and 2015. The sectors that mostly discharged were manufacture of wearing apparel and accessories, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and bodies, and manufacture of machinery and equipment.
Hitting R$193.3 billion in 2015, investment also retreated, representing a nominal drop of 13% in relation to 2014. The reduction in the investments concentrated on the manufacture of coke, petroleum products and biofuels, and in the extraction of metallic minerals. "Investment dropped because companies were more cautious, assuming a conservative profile", stressed Maristella.
The value added of the industrial sector changed from R$783.5 billion to R$744.7 billion. The total gross revenue of industrial companies reached R$3.8 trillion in 2015 and the five industrial activities with the highest share in the total gross revenue of industrial companies, accounting for 56.1% of the total, were: Manufacture of food products; Manufacture of coke, petroleum products and biofuels; Manufacture of chemicals; Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and bodies; and Basic Metals.
According to PIA Product, these sectors registered the highest share in sales in 2015: food products (16.9%), coke,petroleum products and biofuels (10.6%), chemicals (10.5%), motor vehicles, trailers and bodies (8.7%) and basic metals (6.3%). In terms of value, diesel fuel leads the ranking of total sales in 2015, with a share of R$79.9 billion (3.7%), followed by fresh or frozen beef (R$49.1 billion and 2.3%).
Among the 100 products with the highest revenue, the three products that mostly gained share in the total industrial sales in relation to 2014 were: plastic articles for packaging, unwrought aluminum alloy and iron and steel twisted tubes. The three products that mostly lost share were tractor trucks for trailers, vehicles for the transportation of goods and agriculture tractors.
Text: Adriana Gonçalves Saraiva and Marília Loschi
Table: Helena Pontes and Helga Szpiz
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