In September 2014, salaried employed persons in the industry, discounted the seasonal influences, contracted 0.7% against the previous month - the sixth consecutive negative rate, accumulating in this period a loss of 3.5%.  As a result, the quarterly moving average index fell 0.6% in the quarter ended in September 2014 against the previous month’s result and kept the downward trend initiated in April last year. Considering the seasonally adjusted series, quarter over quarter, the number of hours paid in the industry fell 1.8% in the July/September period of 2014 - the seventh consecutive negative rate in this kind of comparison and showed a sharper pace of decline than the ones seen in the first (-0.3%) and second quarters (-1.0%) in the of 2014.

In the comparison with the same month a year ago, the industrial employment declined 3.9% in September 2014, the 36th negative consecutive result in this kind of comparison and the most intense since October 2009 (-5.4%).  Therefore, the total of salaried employed persons shrank either in the end of the third quarter of 2014 (-3.7%) and in the cumulative index of the first nine months of the year (-2.8%), both comparisons against the same periods a year ago.  The annualized rate (cumulative index over the last 12 months), contracting 2.6% in September 2014, kept the slight downward trend started in September last year (-1.0%).

The complete publication can be accessed at

www.ibge.gov.br/english/estatistica/indicadores/industria/pimes/.

In the comparison with the same month a year ago, the contingent of workers decreased in 13 of the 14 places surveyed. The main negative impact occurred in São Paulo (-4.7%), pushed by the reduction of the employed persons in 16 of the 18 activities, with a highlight to the industries of means of transportation (-7.0%), machinery and equipment (-6.1%), fabricated metal products (-9.0%), food and beverages(-2.7%), other products of the manufacturing industries (-11.1%), footwear and leather (-15.5%), textiles (-8.3%), rubber and plastic (-3.7%) and communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-3.5%). The other negative results came from Paraná (-5.2%), Minas Gerais (-3.9%), Rio Grande do Sul (-4.7%), North and Central-West Regions (-3.2%) and Northeast Region (-2.2%). Among the sectors, the salaried employed persons shrank in 14 of the 18 sectors surveyed. The highlights were the negative results from means of transportation (-7.8%), machinery and equipment (-6.9%), fabricated metal products (-8.4%), footwear and leather (-8.7%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-7.2%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-6.5%), wearing apparel (-4.2%) food and beverages (-1.0%) basic metals (-5.8%). Conversely, the positive impacts came from non-metallic mineral products (1.1%) and chemicals (1.0%).

In the quarterly analysis, the industrial employment, shrinking 3.7% in the third quarter of 2014, registered the 12th consecutive quarter of negative results, increasing the pace of decline over the first (-1.0%) and second (-2.8%) quarters of the year - all comparisons against the same period last year. This loss of dynamism was seen in 12 of the 18 sectors and in 12 of the 14 places surveyed, with a highlight to food and beverages, which moved from 0.2% in the April-June period in 2014 to -1.1% in the following quarter, means of transportation (-4.4% to -7.3%), rubber and plastic (0.1% to -2.1%), wearing apparel (-2.8% to -4.6%) and machinery and equipment (-4.3% to -6.0%), among the activities, and Pernambuco (1.3% to -0.5%), Ceará (-1.6% to -3.0%), Minas Gerais (-2.0% to -3.2%), North and Central-West Regions (-1.1% to -2.3%) and Santa Catarina (-0.4% to -1.6%), among the places.

In the cumulative index of the nine months of 2014, industrial employment posted a drop of 2.8%, with negative rates in 13 of the 14 places and in 15 of the 18 sectors surveyed. São Paulo (-4.0%) exerted the main negative impact, followed by Rio Grande do Sul (-4.2%), Paraná (-4.2%), Minas Gerais (-2.2%), Northeast Region (- 1.4%) and Rio de Janeiro (-2.3%). Pernambuco, advancing 0.9%, exerted the only positive pressure. Among the sectors, the negative influences came from fabricated metal products (-7.0%), machinery and equipment (-5.3%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-6.9%), footwear and leather (-8.0%), means of transportation (-4.6%), textiles (-4.7%), wearing apparel (-3.0%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-3.8%) and oil refining and ethanol production (-8.0%). The main positive impacts were seen in chemicals (1.6%), non-metallic mineral products (1.0%) and food and beverages (0.2%).

The annualized rate (cumulative index over the last 12 months), contracting 2.6% in September 2014, kept the slight downward trend started in September last year (-1.0%).

Number of hours paid changes -0.2% in September

In September 2014, the number of hours paid to industrial workers, discounted the seasonal influences, contracted 0.2% against the previous month - the fifth consecutive negative rate, accumulating in this period a loss of 3.3%. As a result, the quarterly moving average index fell 0.4% in the quarter ended in September 2014 against the previous month’s result and kept the downward trend initiated in May 2013. Considering the seasonally adjusted series, quarter over quarter, the number of hours paid in the industry fell 1.9% in the July/September period of 2014 - the fifth consecutive negative rate in this kind of comparison and showed a sharper pace of decline than the ones seen in the first (-0.4%) and second quarters (-1.2%) of the year.

In the comparison with September 2013, the number of hours paid reduced 4.2%, with a widespread fall, since 13 of the 14 places and 15 of the 18 sectors surveyed recorded negative rates. Among the sectors, the major negative influences came from machinery and equipment (-8.3%), means of transportation (-7.7%), fabricated metal products (-10.1%), footwear and leather (-9.3%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-7.4%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-6.3%), wearing apparel (-3.9%), basic metals (-6.9%) and food and beverages (-0.8%). The sectors of chemicals (1.1%), non-metallic mineral products (0.8%) and of tobacco (12.3%) registered the positive impacts this month.  Among the places, São Paulo (-5.2%) posted the main negative influence, pushed by the reduction in the number of hours paid in the sectors of machinery and equipment (-9.2%), means of transportation (-7.6%), fabricated metal products (-12.8%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-11.5%), food and beverages (-2.4%), rubber and plastic (-4.7%), textiles (-7.1%) and oil refining and ethanol production (-11.0%). The other negative results came from Minas Gerais (-4.1%), Rio Grande do Sul (-5.3%), Paraná (-5.6%), North and Central-West Regions (-3.3%) and Northeast Region (-2.3%). Pernambuco, advancing 3.0%, recorded the only positive result, leveraged by the increases of food and beverages (10.2%), wearing apparel (21.6%), chemicals (4.9%) and textiles (10.7%).

In the quarterly basis, the number of hours paid shrank 4.3% in the July-September period of 2014, the 13th negative rate in a row in this type of comparison, and intensified the pace of decline over the first (-2.3%) and second quarter (-3.6%) of 2014 - all comparisons against the same period last year. The dynamism loss in the total of hours paid between April-June 2014 an the third quarter of the year stroke 12 sectors and 11 places, with a highlight to food and beverages (–0.2% to -1.4%), machinery and equipment (-5.7% to -7.6%) and rubber and plastic (-0.3% to -2.4%), among the activities, and Rio de Janeiro (-1.1% to -3.3%), North and Central-West Region (-0.8% to -2.5%), Santa Catarina (-1.2% to -2.0%), Ceará (-2.4% to -3.2%) and Minas Gerais (-3.1% to -3.9%), among the areas.

In the cumulative index over the first nine months of 2014, there was a downfall of 3.4% in the number of hours paid, with 16 of the 18 sectors surveyed reporting reduction. The sharpest negative impacts were seen in fabricated metal products (-8.2%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-9.0%), machinery and equipment (-6.6%), means of transportation (-5.7%), footwear and leather (-8.5%), textiles (-5.6%) and wearing apparel (-3.4%). Non-metallic mineral products (1.3%) and chemicals (1.0%) exerted the positive contributions. Concerning the areas, all of the 14 places presented negative rates, with a highlight to the contraction of 4,6% observed in São Paulo, followed by the losses in Rio Grande do Sul (-5.4%), Paraná (-5.2%), Minas Gerais (-3.0%) and the Northeast Region (-2.4%).

The annualized rate (cumulative index in the last 12 months), moving from -2.9% in August to -3.1% in September 2014, kept the downward trend initiated in September 2013 (-1.0%).

Real payroll falls 1.3% in September

In September 2014, the seasonally adjusted real payroll of the industrial workers rose by 1.3% compared with the previous month, after an advance of 0.5% in August. There was a negative influence coming from the manufacturing industry (-1.5%), since the mining and quarrying sector recorded advance of 3.2%. As a result, the quarterly moving average index fell 1.2% in the quarter ended in September 2014 against the previous month’s result and kept the downward trend initiated last February. Quarter on quarter, the real payroll of the industry declined 3.9% in the July-September period of 2014 and sharpened the pace of decline over the result of the second quarter of the year (-0.2%).

In the comparison with the same month a year ago, the number of hours paid fell 3.5%, in September 2014 , the fourth negative rate in a row in that type of comparison and the most substantial since November 2013 (-3.6%). Therefore, the real payroll value shrank either in the end of the third quarter (-2.9%), and in the cumulative index of the first nine months of the year (-0.1%), both comparisons against the same periods a year ago.  The results were negative in ten of the 14 places surveyed. São Paulo (-5.4%) posted the main negative influence on the country overall, pushed by the reduction in the sectors of means of transportation (-12.5%),food and beverages (-7.2%),machinery and equipment (-5.1%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-6.8%), fabricated metal products (-9.2%) and basic metals (-8.6%). Other negative contributions came from Rio Grande do Sul (-5.1%), Paraná (-5.2%), Northeast Region (-2.7%) and Minas Gerais (-2.2%). On the other hand, the positive impacts were the North and Central-West Regions (0.9%) and Espírito Santo (2.6%). Among the sectors, the value of the real payroll shrank in 13 of the 18 sectors surveyed, with a highlight to means of transportation (-11.4%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-8.7%), machinery and equipment (-4.4%), fabricated metal products (-8.1%), basic metals (-6.4%), rubber and plastic (-3.7%) and food and beverages (-1.1%). Conversely, the main positive impacts were seen in the sector of paper and press (-2.5%) and chemicals (1.8%).

In the quarterly analysis, the value of the real payroll, shrinking 2.9% in the third quarter of 2014, recorded a clear pace of decline over the first three months of the year (2.1%) and over the second quarter (0.5%), all comparisons against the same period a year ago. This movement of dynamism loss in the value of the real payroll between the second and third quarters of the year occurred in 12 of the 18 activities surveyed, with a highlight to food and beverages (6.8% to -1.5%), means of transportation (-0.5% to -6.6%), mining and quarrying industries (4.5% to -3.3%) and oil refining and ethanol production (from 3.1% to -6.4%). Among the areas, all of the 14 places reduced pace between these two periods. The highlights were Espírito Santo, moving from 5.2% to -1.3%, Pernambuco (3.1% to -2.0%), São Paulo (-0.1% to -4.1%), Paraná (0.6% to -3.6%) and Northeast Region (1.6% to -2.5%).

In the cumulative index over the nine months of the year, the value of the real payroll registered a decrease of 0.1%, with negative rates in 14 surveyed places. The most relevant negative impact was recorded by São Paulo (0.7%). It is also worth highlighting, though to a lesser extent, the downfalls in Rio Grande do Sul (-1.6%), Northeast Region (-0.6%) and Rio de Janeiro (-0.6%). Conversely, the main positive contribution came from the North and Central-West Regions (3.5%), followed by Santa Catarina (1.8%). By sector, the value of the real payroll fell in ten of the 18 activities surveyed, pushed, mainly, by the drops seen in communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-5.4%), fabricated metal products (-4.4%), machinery and equipment (-2.0%) and means of transportation (-1.0%). The sectors of food and beverages (3.3%), non-metallic mineral products (4.5%) and rubber and plastic (2.7%) exerted the main negative contributions to the cumulative index over the nine months of the year.

The annualized rate (cumulative index over the last 12 months), recording a negative change of 0.5% in September 2014, posted the sharpest negative result since June 2010 (-0.1%) and kept the downward trend started last January (1.6%).