In September, industrial production in 11 of the 15 places surveyed had positive rates compared to August, in the seasonally adjusted series. The biggest advance was in Paraná (7.7%), the fifth in a row, accumulating a gain of 46.2% in the period. Six locations grew above the national average (2.6%): Amazonas (5.8%), São Paulo (5.0%), Espírito Santo (5.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (4.5%), Santa Catarina (4.5%) and Bahia (4.0%). Minas Gerais (1.9%), Ceará (1.3%), the Northeast Region (1.1%) and Goiás (0.4%) also increased in September. The falls were in Mato Grosso (-3.7%), Rio de Janeiro (-3.1%), Pará (-2.8%) and Pernambuco (-1.3%).

With the 2.6% increase in industrial activity, from August to September 2020, in the seasonally adjusted series, there were positive results in 11 of the 15 surveyed places, reflecting the expansion of production reopening, after the lockdowns due to COVID-19

Paraná (7.7%) had the sharpest expansion, its fifth consecutive positive rate, accumulating a gain of 46.2% in this period. Amazonas (5.8%), São Paulo (5.0%), Espírito Santo (5.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (4.5%), Santa Catarina (4.5%) and Bahia (4, 0%) also showed advances above the national average.

Minas Gerais (1.9%), Ceará (1.3%), Northeast Region (1.1%) and Goiás (0.4%) close the set of places with positive indexes in the month.

On the other hand, Mato Grosso (-3.7%) showed the highest decrease in September, eliminating the 1.3% increase in the previous month. Rio de Janeiro (-3.1%), Pará (-2.8%) and Pernambuco (-1.3%) recorded the other negative results in that month.

The quarterly moving average increased by 4.8% in the quarter ended in September 2020 compared to the level of the previous month, after advancing in August (7.1%) and in July (9.0%), when it interrupted the predominantly downward trend initiated in November 2019.

Fourteen of the 15 places surveyed had positive rates this month, with a highlight to the notable advances recorded by Ceará (11.7%), Espírito Santo (8.9%), Amazonas (7.7%), Santa Catarina (7, 0%), Northeast Region (6.4%), São Paulo (6.2%), Rio Grande do Sul (6.1%), Bahia (5.4%) and Paraná (5.0%). Mato Grosso, with a decrease of 2.1%, showed the only negative result in September 2020.

In comparison with the same month a year ago, industrial production expanded by 3.4% in September 2020, with 12 of the 15 surveyed places showing positive results. It is worth mentioning that September 2020 (21 days) had the same number of working days as the same month in the previous year (21).

Amazonas (14.2%), Ceará (8.5%) and Pará (8.1%) had the sharpest advances. Santa Catarina (7.6%), Pernambuco (7.5%), Rio Grande do Sul (5.8%), Goiás (5.3%) and São Paulo (4.9%) also showed higher positive rates than the national average (3.4%), while Minas Gerais (3.3%), Paraná (3.2%), Northeast Region (3.2%) and Rio de Janeiro (0.8%) completed the set of places with production growth in this comparison.

On the other hand, Espírito Santo (-11.0%) and Mato Grosso (-6.2%) had the sharpest decreases. Bahia, with a reduction of 1.9%, also showed a negative result.

On a quarterly basis, the industrial sector, by decreasing 0.6% in the third quarter of 2020, kept the negative behavior present since the last quarter of 2018 (-1.3%), all comparisons against the same period of the previous year.

The reduction in loss intensity in the total industrial production from the second (-19.4%) to the third quarter of 2020 (-0.6%) was explained by the pace gain in 14 of the 15 surveyed places, with a highlight to Ceará (from -42.4% to 5.6%), Amazonas (from -39.0% to 6.8%), Northeast Region (from -23.6% to 2.2%), Pernambuco ( from -13.4% to 11.5%), Santa Catarina (from -24.3% to 0.4%), Rio Grande do Sul (from -25.0% to -0.6%) and São Paulo (from -24.0% to -1.3%).

On the other hand, Mato Grosso (from -0.4% to -5.7%) registered the only loss between the two periods.

In the cumulative result for the year, compared to 2019, the reduction in national production (-7.2%) reached 12 of the 15 surveyed places, particularly in Espírito Santo (-18.0%), Ceará (-11.9%), Amazonas (-10.6%) and Rio Grande do Sul (-10.4%).

Santa Catarina (-9.7%) and São Paulo (-9.4%) also registered negative rates sharper than the national average, while Paraná (-7.2%), Bahia (-7.0%), Minas Gerais (-6.5%), Northeast Region (-5.6%), Mato Grosso (-2.9%) and Pará (-0.5%) completed the set of places with a fall.

On the other hand, Goiás (2.5%), Rio de Janeiro (2.2%) and Pernambuco (1.8%) showed advances in the cumulative index from January to September 2020.

The cumulative index in the last 12 months decreased 5.5% in September 2020, with a reduction in the intensity of loss compared to the result of the previous month (-5.7%), thus interrupting the downward trend that started in March 2020 (- 1.0%).

In 12 of the 15 places surveyed, there were negative rates, but 11 had rates higher than in August 2020. Pernambuco (from -0.2% to 1.2%), Pará (from -1.7% to -0.8% ), Ceará (from –9.0% to -8.2%), Northeast Region (from -4.4% to -3.8%), Rio Grande do Sul (from -9.1% to -8, 6%), Minas Gerais (from -7.5% to -7.0%) and Goiás (from 3.0% to 3.4%) had the main gains between August and September 2020, while Rio de Janeiro ( from 4.1% to 3.6%), Mato Grosso (from -2.3% to -2.7%) and Paraná (from -4.5% to -4.8%) registered the sharpest losses among the two periods.