In June 2013, the total number of salaried employed persons in industry did not change (0.0%) over May in the seasonally adjusted series, after registering a drop of -0.4% in May and remaining stable last April. As a consequence, the quarterly moving average registered a negative change of 0.1% in the quarter ended in June against the previous month, remaining stable since July last year. Comparing quarter against immediately previous quarter still in the seasonally adjusted series, the industrial employment recorded a slight negative change of -0.1% in the second quarter of 2013, after registering 0.1% in the last quarter of 2012 and -0.2% in the first quarter of 2013. The complete publication of the survey can be accessed on page https://www.ibge.gov.br/english/estatistica/indicadores/industria/pimes/. 

The industrial employment changed negatively -0.4% in June over June 2012 in the seasonally unadjusted series, the twenty-first consecutive negative figure in this type of comparison. Compared with the same period last year, the total number of salaried employed persons declined both in the second quarter of 2013 (-0.5%) and in the first six months of the year (-0.7%). By declining 1.1% in June 2013, the cumulative index in the last 12 months registered smaller drops than those recorded in February (-1.5%), March (-1.4%), April (-1.3%) and May (-1.2%).

The industrial employment declined -0.4% in June against June 2012, pointing to a decrease in the number of workers in nine out of the 14 places surveyed. Pressed in large extent by the negative rates in 14 out of the 18 sectors surveyed, the Northeast region (-3.5%) exerted the main negative impact on the overall average. The highlights were the industries of food products and beverages
(-3.1%), footwear and leather (-4.9%), non-metallic minerals (-7.6%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-13.4%), wearing apparel (-2.5%), rubber and plastic products (-5.7%), mining and quarrying (-6.6%), textiles (-3.9%) and machinery and equipment (-6.4%).

It is also worth mentioning the negative figures in Rio Grande do Sul (-2.1%), Bahia (-5.6%) and Pernambuco (-5.9%). The first state was mainly influenced by the drop in the sectors of footwear and leather (-11.6%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-21.5%), wearing apparel
(-14.9%), machinery and equipment (-2.3%) and textiles (-11.2%); the second was especially pressed by the sectors of footwear and leather (-22.3%), non-metallic minerals (-15.2%) and machinery and equipment (-14.4%); and the third state, due to the losses in food products and beverages (-7.3%) and rubber and plastic products (-28.0%). By advancing 1.4% in June, Santa Catarina provided the main positive contribution, due, in large extent, to the sectors of rubber and plastic products (8.9%), machinery and equipment (5.7%), fabricated metal products (8.4%) and wood (4.4%).

Among the sectors, considering the monthly index, the total number of salaried employed persons declined in 10 out of the 18 sectors surveyed, highlighted by the negative pressures coming from footwear and leather
(-5.4%), other products from the manufacturing industry (-3.8%), machinery and equipment (-1.7%), wearing apparel (-1.8%), wood (-4.4%) and communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus
(-1.6%). Conversely, the main positive influences over the industry average were registered in the sectors of food products and beverages (1.7%), rubber and plastic products (2.5%) and transportation means (1.3%).

By declining 0.5% in the second quarter of 2013, the industrial employment pointed to the seventh consecutive quarter of negative figures in the quarterly analysis. However, the falling pace was less intense than the indexes recorded in the third (-1.8%) and fourth quarters of 2012 (-1.2%), as well as in the first three months of 2013 (-1.0%), all of them against the same periods of the previous year. It is worth mentioning that the fall registered in the second quarter of 2013 is the less intense since the last quarter of 2011 (-0.4%). Considering the reduced magnitude of the fall between the first and second quarters of the year, nine out of the 14 places and 10 out of the 18 sectors surveyed increased the pace between the two periods, highlighted by wearing apparel (from -6.2% to -1.8%), textiles (from -5.2% to -2.3%), transportation means (from –1.4% to 0.6%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (from -3.2% to
-1.5%) and paper and press (from -1.7% to  -0.1%), among the sectors; and Pernambuco (from -9.1% to -6.3%), Rio Grande do Sul (from -3.0% to -1.8%), the North and Central-West regions (from 0.0% to 1.0%), the Northeast region (from -4.8% to -3.7%) and Santa Catarina (from 0.5% to 1.4%), among the places.

The industrial employment fell 0.7% in the cumulative index in the January-June 2013 period, recording negative rates in 10 out of the 14 places and in 12 out of the 18 sectors surveyed. Among the places, the Northeast region (-4.3%) posted the main negative influence on the overall industry, followed by Rio Grande do Sul (-2.4%), Pernambuco (-7.8%) and São Paulo (-0.3%). On the other hand, Paraná (1.1%) and Santa Catarina (1.0%) exerted the most significant positive pressure on the cumulative index in the first six months of the year. Among the sectors, the most significant negative contributions to the national average came from wearing apparel (-4.1%), footwear and leather (-5.4%), other products from the manufacturing industry (-4.3%), textiles (-3.8%), machinery and equipment (-1.6%)  and wood (-5.1%), whereas the sectors of food products and beverages (1.9%) and of rubber and plastic products (2.8%) were the main positive influences.

Number of hours paid declines -0.6%

Discounted the seasonal influences, the number of hours paid to workers of the industry in June 2013 declined -0.6% over the immediately previous month, the second negative rate in a row and a cumulative loss of 1.2% in the period. As a consequence, the quarterly moving average registered a slight negative change of 0.1% between the quarters ended in May and June, after recording 0.3% in April and 0.1% in May. In the comparison quarter against immediately previous quarter still in the seasonally adjusted series, the number of hours paid increased 0.3% in the period April-June 2013, virtually offsetting the loss of 0.4% registered in the first quarter of the year.

Comparing June 2013 with June 2012, the number of hours paid recorded a negative change of 0.4%, after posting 0.3% in April and standing stable in May (0.0%). In the comparisons against the same periods of the previous year, the total number of hours paid pointed to a loss both in terms of the second quarter of 2013 (-0.1%) and of the cumulative index in the first six months of the year (-0.9%). By declining 1.4% in June 2013, the cumulative rate in the last 12 months registered a less intense negative figure than that reported in March (-2.0%), April (-1.8%) and May (-1.5%).

In June 2013, the number of hours paid declined (-0.4%) over June 2012, posting negative rates in eight out of the 14 places and in 10 out of the 18 sectors surveyed. The main negative influences came from footwear and leather (-6.5%), other products from the manufacturing industry (-4.6%), machinery and equipment (-2.4%), textiles (-3.6%), fabricated metal products (-2.5%), wearing apparel (-1.6%) and wood (-4.5%). Conversely, the sector of food products and beverages (2.1%) exerted the main positive impact in June, followed by transportation means (3.0%) and rubber and plastic products (3.2%).

Among the places, still comparing with the same month last year, the Northeast region (-3.7%) exerted the main negative influence over the whole country, pressed in large extent by the reduction in the number of hours paid in the sectors of food products and beverages (-3.5%), non-metallic minerals (-7.8%), footwear and leather (-3.7%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-12.4%), machinery and equipment (-13.3%), mining and quarrying industries (-9.7%) and textiles (-4.4%).

It is worth mentioning the negative impacts in Rio Grande do Sul (-2.2%), highlighted by footwear and leather (-11.7%), machinery and equipment (-8.5%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-14.7%), wearing apparel (-18.0%) and textiles (-10.5%); Bahia (-5.6%), pressed, above all, by the declines in footwear and leather (-17.7%), machinery and equipment (-18.9%), non-metallic minerals (-14.5%), mining and quarrying industries (-7.4%) and food products and beverages (-1.7%); and Pernambuco
(-4.3%), mainly due to the declines in rubber and plastic products (-29.3%), food products and beverages
(-3.6%), textiles (-19.4%), non-metallic minerals (-6.0%) and paper and press (-6.4%). On the other hand, São Paulo (0.5%) and Santa Catarina (1.7%) exerted the main positive contributions to the total number of hours paid, leveraged, in large extent, by the expansion in the sectors of food products and beverages (5.6%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (6.1%), rubber and plastic products (5.4%) and wearing apparel (7.2%), in the first place, and of rubber and plastic products (10.6%) and machinery and equipment (5.9%), in the second.

The number of hours paid pointed to a negative change of -0.1% in the second quarter of 2013 over the same period last year, the eighth consecutive negative rate in this type of comparison, though the least intense of them. Considering the slower pace of fall in the total number of hours paid from the first (-1.7%) to the second (-0.1%) quarter of 2013, 12 out of the 18 sectors and 11 out of the 14 places surveyed increased the pace between the two periods.

Among the activities, the highlights were food products and beverages, which changed from 1.0% in the January-March period to 3.4% in the following quarter, wearing apparel (from -7.3% to -2.2%), transportation means (from -1.7% to 2.4%), paper and press (from -2.6% to -0.5%) and textiles (from -5.6% to -3.4%). As to the places, the positive highlights were Pernambuco (from -9.4% to -4.0%), São Paulo (from -1.3% to 1.2%), Santa Catarina (from -0.7% to 1.8%), the North and Central-West regions (from -1.4% to 0.8%) and Rio Grande do Sul (from -4.2% to -2.3%).

Compared with the same period a year ago, the cumulative index for the number of hours paid in the January-June 2013 period declined 0.9%, dropping in 10 out of the 18 sectors surveyed. The most relevant negative influences over the industry average were registered in the sectors of footwear and leather (-7.5%), wearing apparel (-4.8%), other products from the manufacturing industry (-5.0%), textiles (-4.5%) and machinery and equipment (-2.6%). Conversely, food products and beverages (2.2%) exerted the main positive contribution to the  number of hours paid to industrial workers. In regional terms, still in the cumulative index in the year, nine out of the 14 places surveyed recorded negative rates, highlighted by the decline of 4.2% registered in the Northeast region, followed by the losses reported by Rio Grande do Sul (-3.2%), Pernambuco (-6.9%) and Bahia (-5.3%). On the other hand, Santa Catarina (0.6%), Paraná (0.3%) and Rio de Janeiro (0.4%) were the positive influences over the cumulative index in the first semester of the year.

Real payroll declines -1.4%

In June 2013, the seasonally adjusted value of the real payroll of industrial workers declined -1.4% against the immediately previous month, reverting two consecutive months of positive rates, which added up to 1.8%. Concerning the June figure, it is worth highlighting the evident influence of the drop of 21.7%, registered by the sector of mining and quarrying. Pressed in large extent by the high base of comparison, this activity grew 29.4% last May, due to a profit sharing in an important company in this sector. It is worth highlighting that, in this same type of comparison, the manufacturing industry pointed to a slight negative change of 0.2% in June, after expanding 2.9% between February and May.

Still in the seasonally adjusted series, the quarterly moving average index for the overall industry changed 0.1% between the quarters ended in May and June, maintaining the upward trend started last March. In the comparison quarter against immediately previous quarter, the value of the real payroll advanced 1.4% in the second quarter of the year, offsetting part of the loss of 2.5% recorded in the first three months of 2013.

Comparing with the same month a year ago, the value of the real payroll grew 2.3% in June 2013, the 42nd consecutive positive rate in this type of comparison. The index in the second quarter of the year (3.6%) and the cumulative index in the first six months of 2013 (2.7%) also expanded, both compared with the same periods last year. By rising 3.8% in June 2013, the annualized rate, cumulative index in the last 12 months, registered a figure close to that reported in March (3.7%), April (3.6%) and May (3.9%).

The value of the real payroll increased 2.3% in June 2013 over June 2012, posting positive figures in 10 out of the 14 places surveyed. The biggest positive influence on the overall industry was registered in São Paulo (1.6%), leveraged by the increase of the value of the real payroll in 11 out of the 18 activities surveyed, highlighted by machinery and equipment (6.2%), chemicals (5.6%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (7.2%), rubber and plastic products (7.6%), food products and beverages (3.0%) and paper and press (3.8%).

It is also worth mentioning the positive impacts recorded in Minas Gerais (3.3%), Rio de Janeiro (4.3%), the North and Central-West regions (4.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (3.7%), Santa Catarina (4.3%) and Paraná (2.6%). The activities that most positively contributed to the increase of the value of the real payroll were, respectively, transportation means (18.3%), non-metallic minerals (20.5%) and food products and beverages (4.5%); mining and quarrying industries (11.0%), rubber and plastic products (11.7%) and food products and beverages (7.0%); food products and beverages (7.6%) and mining and quarrying industries (5.5%); food products and beverages (12.6%), other products from the manufacturing industry (19.7%) and fabricated metal products (11.1%); rubber and plastic products (11.5%), wearing apparel (6.0%), fabricated metal products (10.3%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (8.1%), food products and beverages (2.6%) and transportation means (17.5%); and other products from the manufacturing industry (11.4%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (7.2%), textiles (16.8%), paper and press (5.3%), transportation means (1.9%) and machinery and equipment (3.2%).

On the other hand, the most relevant negative contribution was registered in Pernambuco (-4.5%), pressed, in large extent, by the decreases in food products and beverages (-4.4%), rubber and plastic products (-23.0%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-12.1%), non-metallic minerals (-6.9%) and chemicals (-6.8%). Among the sectors, still concerning the monthly index of June 2013, the value of the real payroll in Brazil grew in 16 out of the 18 sectors surveyed, highlighted by food products and beverages (3.9%), rubber and plastic products (6.5%), chemicals (4.6%), mining and quarrying industries (5.3%), machinery and equipment (2.2%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (2.8%) and paper and press (3.0%). Conversely, the negative influences came from transportation means (-0.7%) and basic metals (-0.3%).

By advancing 3.6% in the second quarter of 2013, the value of the real payroll maintained the series of positive rates started in the first quarter of 2010 (3.1%) and accelerated the growth pace against the period January-March 2013 (1.9%), all of them compared with the same periods of the previous year. Between the first and second quarters, the value of the real payroll gained momentum in 13 out of the 18 activities surveyed, highlighted by transportation means, which changed from -0.1% to 3.7%, mining and quarrying industries (from 6.1% to 14.5%) and petroleum refining and alcohol production (from 1.8% to 11.2%). As to the 11 places that accelerated between these two periods, the highlights were Bahia (from -1.6% to 3.8%), Santa Catarina (from 1.5% to 4.2%), São Paulo (from 1.3% to 3.6%) and the Northeast region (from -1.0% to 1.3%).

In the cumulative index in the first six months of 2013, the value of the real payroll advanced 2.7%, recording positive rates in 12 out of the 14 places surveyed. The highest positive contribution to the overall industry came from São Paulo (2.4%), followed by Rio de Janeiro (6.9%), the North and Central-West regions (4.9%), Minas Gerais (2.1%), Rio Grande do Sul (2.9%), Paraná (2.6%) and Santa Catarina (2.8%). On the other hand, the negative influences were registered in Pernambuco (-3.8%) and Espírito Santo (-1.6%).

Among the sectors, still in the cumulative index in the year, the value of the real payroll advanced in 13 out of the 18 activities surveyed, mainly leveraged by the gains coming from food products and beverages (4.5%), mining and quarrying industries (9.8%), chemicals (5.0%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (5.5%), transportation means (1.8%), rubber and plastic products (4.1%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (6.7%) and machinery and equipment (1.5%). Conversely, the sectors of basic metals (-2.7%) and wearing apparel (-2.0%) exerted the most relevant negative influences on the overall industry.