The year on year rate of industry turnover in September stood at 7.4% (15.3% in the previous month). Both markets led to this slowdown, with sales to the domestic market increasing 4.6% in September (9.9% in August) and 12.7% for the external market (27.3% the previous month). On a monthly basis industry sales were up by 19.9% (28.7% in September 2009). In the third quarter industry sales increased 9.9% in year on year terms (11.6% in the second quarter of 2010).
Employment, wages and hours worked adjusted for calendar effects, decreased by 1.4%, 0.4% and 1.5% respectively, comparing with the same month of the previous year.