Services sector drops in February (-4.0%)
April 13, 2016 10h50 AM | Last Updated: January 19, 2018 06h40 PM
Period | Volume | Nominal Revenue |
---|---|---|
February 2016 / February 2015 |
-4.0% |
1.9% |
Cumulative in 2016 |
-4.5% |
0.9% |
Cumulative in 12 months |
-3.7% |
1.2% |
Compared with the same month a year ago, the services sector dropped 4.0% in terms of volume of services in February, having already changed -5.0% in January 2016 and in December 2015. All the segments registered negative changes: Services rendered to families (-1.4%); Information and communication services (-5.3%); Professional, administrative and complementary services
(-4.3%); Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing (-2.0%) and Other services (-6.1%). The cumulative rate in the year stood at -4.5% and, in 12 months, at -3.7%. The special aggregate of Tourism activities rose for the second month in a row: 1.3% in February and 0.5% in January, against a drop of 1.6% in December. Nominal revenue grew 1.9% in February over February 2015, after falling 0.1% in January and increasing 0.3% in December. The cumulative rate of nominal revenue in the year stayed at 0.9%, and, in 12 months, at 1.2%. Click here to see the complete publication.
Table 1
Indicators of Volume of Services, according to Groups of Activities
Brazil - February 2016
Activities | Month/Same Month Previous Year | Cumulative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change Rate (%) | Change Rate (%) | ||||
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
In the Year |
12 Months |
|
Brazil |
-5.0 |
-5.0 |
-4.0 |
-4.5 |
-3.7 |
1 - Services rendered to families |
-7.3 |
-4.1 |
-1.4 |
-2.9 |
-5.5 |
1.1 - Housing and food services |
-5.9 |
-3.0 |
-2.7 |
-2.8 |
-5.6 |
1.2 - Other services rendered to families |
-14.9 |
-11.6 |
6.4 |
-3.1 |
-4.6 |
2 - Information and communication services |
-0.4 |
-2.1 |
-5.3 |
-3.7 |
-0.8 |
2.1 - ICT services |
-0.3 |
-2.5 |
-4.7 |
-3.6 |
-0.4 |
2.11 - Telecommunications |
-3.2 |
-3.0 |
-3.9 |
-3.4 |
-1.3 |
2.12 - Information technology services |
8.2 |
-0.8 |
-7.5 |
-4.2 |
3.1 |
2.2- Audiovisual, publishing and news agency services |
-1.1 |
1.4 |
-10.4 |
-4.5 |
-3.9 |
3 - Professional, administrative and complementary services |
-8.8 |
-9.1 |
-4.3 |
-6.7 |
-4.8 |
3.1 - Technical-professional services |
-12.5 |
-14.6 |
0.5 |
-7.3 |
-8.6 |
3.2 - Administrative and complementary services |
-7.3 |
-7.4 |
-5.7 |
-6.6 |
-3.5 |
4 - Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
-6.9 |
-5.8 |
-2.0 |
-4.0 |
-5.3 |
4.1 - Land transportation |
-11.5 |
-12.1 |
-6.8 |
-9.6 |
-10.4 |
4.2 - Water transportation |
6.2 |
6.5 |
11.7 |
9.1 |
16.8 |
4.3 - Air transportation |
16.3 |
24.6 |
14.2 |
19.3 |
10.3 |
4.4 - Storage services, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
-5.2 |
-3.7 |
-0.1 |
-1.9 |
-2.9 |
5 - Other services |
-10.3 |
-7.9 |
-6.1 |
-7.0 |
-8.8 |
Tourism activities |
-1.6 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
-1.2 |
Source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio.
The contribution of the segments to the overall rate of volume were as follows, in order of contribution: Information and communication services (-2.2 p.p.), Professional, administrative and complementary services (-0.8 p.p.), Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing (-0.6 p.p.), Other services (-0.3 p.p.) and Services rendered to families (-0.1 p.p.).
Table 1A
Indicators of Nominal Revenue of the Services Sector, according to Groups of Activities
Brazil - February 2016
Activities | Month/Same Month Previous Year | Cumulative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change Rate (%) | Change Rate (%) | ||||
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
In the Year |
12 Months |
|
Brazil |
0.3 |
-0.1 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1 - Services rendered to families |
-0.9 |
2.1 |
5.0 |
3.4 |
0.9 |
1.1 - Housing and food services |
-0.1 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
0.4 |
1.2 - Other services rendered to families |
-5.6 |
-3.0 |
16.6 |
6.4 |
4.3 |
2 - Information and communication services |
2.0 |
0.7 |
-2.0 |
-0.7 |
-0.1 |
2.1 - ICT services |
2.2 |
0.0 |
-1.3 |
-0.6 |
0.3 |
2.11 - Telecommunications |
-0.5 |
-0.3 |
-0.4 |
-0.4 |
-0.4 |
2.12 - Information technology services |
10.2 |
1.4 |
-4.6 |
-1.6 |
2.9 |
2.2- Audiovisual, publishing and news agency services |
0.5 |
5.0 |
-6.6 |
-0.8 |
-2.6 |
3 - Professional, administrative and complementary services |
-1.7 |
-2.3 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
3.1 - Technical-professional services |
-5.4 |
-7.9 |
8.4 |
0.1 |
-1.1 |
3.2 - Administrative and complementary services |
-0.3 |
-0.5 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
4 - Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
0.9 |
0.2 |
4.9 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
4.1 - Land transportation |
0.7 |
-2.3 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
4.2 - Water transportation |
6.2 |
6.5 |
11.6 |
9.1 |
16.8 |
4.3 - Air transportation |
-1.2 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
0.2 |
4.4 - Storage services, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
1.1 |
2.3 |
6.1 |
4.1 |
2.4 |
5 - Other services |
-3.0 |
-0.7 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
-1.3 |
Tourism activities |
0.1 |
1.6 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
Source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio.
Table 2
Absolute Composition of the Monthly Rate of Services,
according to Groups of Activities, Brazil - February 2016
Activities | Rate | Absolute composition (p.p.) |
---|---|---|
Brazil |
- 4.0 |
- 4.0 |
1 - Services rendered to families |
- 1.4 |
- 0.1 |
1.1 - Housing and food services |
- 2.7 |
- 0.1 |
1.2 - Other services rendered to families |
6.4 |
0.0 |
2 - Information and communication services |
- 5.3 |
- 2.2 |
2.1 - ICT services |
- 4.7 |
- 1.7 |
2.11 - Telecommunications |
- 3.9 |
- 1.1 |
2.12 - Information technology services |
- 7.5 |
- 0.6 |
2.2- Audiovisual, publishing and news agency services |
- 10.4 |
- 0.5 |
3 - Professional, administrative and complementary services |
- 4.3 |
- 0.8 |
3.1 - Technical-professional services |
0.5 |
0.0 |
3.2 - Administrative and complementary services |
- 5.7 |
- 0.8 |
4 - Transportations, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
- 2.0 |
- 0.6 |
4.1 - Land transportation |
- 6.8 |
- 1.1 |
4.2 - Water transportation |
11.7 |
0.2 |
4.3 - Air transportation |
14.2 |
0.3 |
4.4 - Storage services, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
- 0.1 |
0.0 |
5 - Other services |
- 6.1 |
- 0.3 |
Source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio.
(1) Base 2011=100
The segment of Services rendered to families retracted 1.4% in terms of volume of services in February over the same month in the previous year, against -4.1% in January and -7.3% in December, remaining in a constant series of negative volume changes since May 2014. The cumulative change in the year stood at -2.9% and, in 12 months, at -5.5%. Housing and food services changed -2.7% and Other services rendered to families, 6.4%.
Having already recorded negative changes in January (2.1%) and in December (0.4%), Information and communication services registered a negative change of 5.3% in terms of volume of services over the same month a year ago. The cumulative rate in the year stood at -3.7% and, in 12 months, at -0.8%.
Information and communication technology services – ICT changed -4.7% in terms of volume of services, highlighted by Telecommunications (-3.9%) and Information technology services (-7.5%). Audiovisual, publishing and news agency services dropped 10.4% in terms of volume of services against the same month in the previous year.
Having dropped 9.1% in January and 8.8% in December, the segment of Professional, administrative and complementary services fell 4.3% in February, in terms of volume of services, compared with the same month a year ago. The cumulative volume change in the year stood at%-6.7 and, in 12 months, at -4.8%.
Technical-professional services, which correspond to knowledge-intensive services, rose 0.5% in terms of volume of services and Administrative and complementary services, which encompass labor-intensive services, declined 5.7%.
The segment of Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing activities registered a negative change of volume of 2.0% in February over the same month a year ago. In January and December, this segment recorded negative changes of 5.8% and 6.9%, respectively. The cumulative volume change in the year stood at -4.0% and, in 12 months, at -5.3%.
In terms of mode, the figures for volume were: Land transportation (-6.8%), Water transportation (11.7%) and Air transportation (14,2%). The activity of Storage services, support activities for transportation and mailing activities registered a decrease of 0.1%.
The segment of Other services changed -6.1% in terms of volume in February, after changing -7.9% in January and -10.3% in December. The cumulative change in the year stood at
-7.0% and, in 12 months, at -8.8%.
Tourism activities rose 1.3% in February over February 2015, following the increase of 0.5% in January. In December 2015, the tourism sector dropped 1.6%. The cumulative change in the year stood at 0.9% and, in 12 months, at -1.2%.
Regional results: Rondônia, Roraima, Federal District and Mato Grosso, the highest rises
Compared with the same month a year ago, the biggest positive changes of the regional results of the services sector in February were: Rondônia (16.5%), Roraima (9.8%), the Federal District and Mato Grosso (both with 8.2%). The biggest negative changes in volume were reported in Amapá (-18.3%), Amazonas (-18.1%) and Sergipe (-9.7%).
The analysis of the Tourism activities according to the selected Federation Units showed positive changes in volume in the Federal District (12.8%), Goiás (6.2%), Pernambuco (5.7%), Ceará (5.3%) and Rio de Janeiro (5.0%). The negative changes in volume were registered in Paraná (-6.9%), Santa Catarina (-5.3%), Minas Gerais (-3.7%), Espírito Santo (-1.6%), Rio Grande do Sul (-1.1%), Bahia (-0.4%) and São Paulo (-0.3%). It should also be highlighted that all the selected Federation Units increased their nominal revenue in February, when compared with the same month in the previous year.