The Brazilian industrial production, with a 0.7% increase in April 2026 compared to March 2026, in the seasonally adjusted series, grew for the fourth consecutive month, accumulating a 4.4% advance in this period. The data comes from the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM), released this Wednesday (03), by the IBGE.

With this result, the industry is 4.7% above the pre-pandemic level (February 2020), but operates 12.9% below the record level, reached in May 2011.

Compared to April of the previous year, the industry expanded 2.7%, after having advanced 4.4% in March. On this basis of comparison, February (-0.7%) was the only month of 2026 that registered decline. Thus, the Brazilian industry accumulates growth of 1.7% in the first four months of 2026 compared to the same period of the previous year.

The annualized rate, an indicator that considers the last 12 months, increased by 0.7%. The quarterly moving average in April showed an advance of 0.7% compared to the level of the three-month moving average in March.

From March to April 2026, two of the four broad economic categories and 14 of the 25 industrial sectors surveyed showed an increase in production. The most significant influences came from the mining and quarrying industries (3.1%) and coke, petroleum products and biofuels (3.1%) segments, both growing for the fifth consecutive month.

“In these activities, the most relevant positive pressures came from crude petroleum, natural gas and iron ore, in the case of the mining and quarrying sector; and from ethyl alcohol and petroleum derivatives, especially diesel fuel, for the petroleum derivatives and biofuels sector,” explained André Macedo, manager of the PIM.

Other significant positive contributions to the total industry came from rubber and plastic products (3.1%), wood products (8.5%), textiles (4.1%), and machinery, appliances, and electrical equipment (2.2%).

On the other hand, among the 11 activities that showed a decline in production, chemical products (-3.9%) exerted the main influence in the month. Also noteworthy are the negative impacts of the sectors of pharmaceutical and chemical products (-6.0%), machinery and equipment (-2.9%), motor vehicles, trailers and bodies (-0.7%), and basic metals (-1.0%).

Among the broad economic categories, in the comparison between April and March, intermediate goods (1.5%) showed the greatest expansion in April and grew for the fourth consecutive month. Capital goods (0.1%) also advanced in the month, maintaining the positive trend that began in January.

On the other hand, the segments of semi-durable and non-durable consumer goods (-0.2%) and durable consumer goods (-3.2%) registered decline in April. Both interrupted three consecutive months of expansion in production.

Industry advances 2.7% compared to April 2025

Compared to April 2025, industry expanded by 2.7%, with positive results in two of the four broad economic categories, eight of the 25 branches, 33 of the 80 groups, and 46.4% of the 789 products surveyed. April 2026 had the same number of working days as April 2025 (20 days).

Among the activities, the main positive influences were registered by coke, petroleum products and biofuels (13.3%), mining and quarrying industries (10.6%), and food products (3.2%).

The coke and petroleum products sector was largely driven by increased production of ethyl alcohol, diesel fuel, aviation kerosene, and motor gasoline. The mining and quarrying industries, in turn, were impacted by the production of crude petroleum, iron ore, and natural gas. Food products were influenced by the expansion in the production of VHP, crystal, and refined sugar, frozen, fresh, or chilled poultry meat and offal, dried, salted, or smoked pork meat and edible offal, animal feed, and fresh or chilled pork.

Other important positive contributions were noted by the rubber and plastic products sector (3.8%) and the motor vehicles, trailers, and bodies sector (1.4%).

On the other hand, among the 17 activities that showed a reduction in production, chemical products (-4.5%) and machinery and equipment (-7.0%) exerted the greatest negative influences. In the chemical products sector, the main negative pressures came from chemical fertilizers with NPK formulas, fungicides for agricultural use, insecticides for agricultural, domestic and industrial uses, linear polyethylene, rodenticides and other pesticides for agricultural use, unsaturated ethylene, deodorants, paints and varnishes for construction, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and superphosphates. In the machinery and equipment sector, the negative impacts were influenced by the declines recorded in wall-mounted, window-mounted or portable air conditioners (including split systems), harvesting machines, grain cleaning and sorting machines, and industrial fans and hoods (exhausters).

Other negative impacts were noted in the sectors of fabricated metal products (-4.5%), apparel and accessories (-6.5%), other transportation equipment (-7.9%), pulp, paper and paper products (-2.7%), basic metals (-1.7%), and leather goods, travel goods and footwear (-5.4%) showed the most positive results among the broad economic categories in April 2026.

Also, compared to the same month of the previous year, intermediate goods (3.8%) and semi-durable and non-durable consumer goods (3.2%) showed positive results among the broad economic categories. On the other hand, the sectors producing durable consumer goods (-3.4%) and capital goods (-4.3%) showed negative rates in this month.

The survey results can also be consulted in the Sidra database.

The next release of industrial production data for all of Brazil, with results for May 2026, will be on July 3rd.

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