In relation to the previous month, the industrial production in June 2005 increased 1.6%, after being seasonally adjusted. In comparison to June 2004, the expansion was 6.3%. The accumulated growth for the first semester amounted to 5.0% and the accumulated index of the last twelve months (6.7%) showed deceleration in relation to the result of May (7.3%). The information comes from the Monthly Industrial Survey of the IBGE.

The indicators related to the month of June confirm the growing trend of the industrial production, standing out the performance of durable consumer goods (automobiles, household appliances, mobile telephones etc), segment which most benefits from the two factors that are stimulating the economic activity: exports and the continuous expansion of credit. The production of capital goods (machines and equipment) also increased in the last two months, due to the behavior of several sub sectors, although the manufacturing of machines and agricultural equipment continues influencing negatively. The area of semi durable and non-durable consumer goods (food products, beverages, apparel, etc), which depends on the evolution of the overall wages, was the only one to present a decrease from the first to the second quarter of the current year.

From May to June, the highlight was the sector of automotive vehicles

The result of 1.6% observed in the total of industry between May and June, fourth consecutive increase in this type of comparison, made the production of the sector to expand 4.6% between February and June of this year. Among the 23 segments which have seasonally adjusted series, the majority (18) increased between May and June. Among the ones that determined the overall positive behavior, stood out automotive vehicles (8.0%) and electronic material and communication equipment (7.1%). The performances of petroleum refining and alcohol production (-2.7%) and of other chemical products (-2.0%) brought the major negative impact.

Still in the comparison with the previous month, the segment of durable goods reached the highest rate among the categories of use (8.1%). This expressive index was registered after four consecutive increases, period in which the sector accumulated a gain of 23.5%. The production of capital goods presented increase of 4.2% in June, after a growth of 5.2% in May. The sector of intermediate goods recorded a rate of 0.9%, fourth consecutive increase, accumulating expansion of 3.9% between February and June. The segment of semi durable and non-durable consumer goods (0.7%) kept an ascending rhythm close to the one observed in May (0.6%).

The trend of industrial activity, according to the quarterly moving average, remained ascending with change of 1.0% between June and May. Regarding the categories of use, consumer durable goods (4.2%) presented a clear acceleration in this same comparison. The sectors of capital goods (1.9%) and intermediate goods (1.1%) also registered gains above the national average, while the production of semi durable and non-durable (0.4%) presented a slighter increase.

In relation to June 2004, mining and quarrying increased 15.3% - the third higher impact in the overall rate

In the comparison June 05/ June 04, industry increased 6.3%. The majority (23) among the 27 surveyed sectors presented positive indexes, being that automotive vehicles (13.9%) was the industry with the major positive impact for the formation of the overall rate, followed by electronic material and communication equipment (37.3%) and mining and quarrying (15.3%). Among the four activities which fell in relation to June 2004, the ones that brought the major negative influences were: other chemical products (-4.9%) and basic metal products (-5.2%), mainly due to the reduction in the manufacturing of adobes and fertilizers; and iron plates, ingots and blocks, respectively.

Still in the comparison with June 2004, the indexes by categories of use showed an evident leadership of consumer durable goods (23.6%), with a rhythm considerably above the national level (6.3%), a behavior associated with the major production of automobiles (18.5%) as well as household appliances (9.6%) and mobile telephones (79.4%). The sector of capital goods (8.3%), still under the negative impact which came from agriculture capital goods (-37.6%), increased due to the positive results in the other sub sectors: capital goods for electricity (41.5%), for construction (27.3%), for transport (16.3%), for mixed use (7.2%) and machines and equipment for industrial use (3.1%). The segment of consumer semi durable and non-durable goods (7,5%) presented the eighth positive consecutive result in a row in this type of comparison, with expansion in all its sub sectors, especially other non-durable (11.0%) and food products and elaborated beverages for domestic use (6.3%).

With an increase below the overall average, the category of intermediate goods kept a sequence of three months of growth and recorded a change of 2.9%, mainly due to the increase in basic industrial inputs (11.3%) and fuels and basic lubricants (17.8%). It can be pointed out, also, the increases in the production of the items iron ore and petroleum, respectively.

Industry grows 5.0% in the first semesterIn the first semester of 2005, compared to same period of 2004, the growth of the total of the industry was 5.0%, with 23 activities indicating increase in the production. The manufacturing of automotive vehicles (12.2%) kept the leadership in terms of impact over the overall result, being the item automobiles the main highlight. Other relevant positive impacts over the overall result of the industry came from electronic material and communication equipment (21.4%), mainly due to the expansion in the production of mobile telephones, and mining and quarrying (10.4%), due to the increase in the production of iron ores and petroleum. On the opposite hand, among the four activities that decreased, the one of major influence upon the overall rate continues to be basic metal products (-2.2%).

In the second quarter of 2005, the industrial activity maintained the growing rate of 6.1%, a rhythm above the one indicated in the first quarter (3.8%), both the comparisons against similar period of the previous year. This acceleration was observed in all the categories of use. The results confirm the leadership of the sector of durable consumer goods, which increased 11.9% in the first quarter of the year and accelerated the expansion to 21.0% in the following quarter. Capital goods changed from an increase of 2.5% in the first quarter to 5.1% in the second, and consumer semi durable and non-durable from 5.4% to 7.9%. Intermediate goods, whose increment was more moderate, changed from 1.5% to 3.1%, in the same period.