2022 Edition 4 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Industrial Production registered a year-on-year rate of change of 0.5% 0.5% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% Mar-21 May-21 Jul-21 Sep-21 Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 -4.6% 6.0% 3.5% 3.1% 0.5% -32.5% -6.3% 2.7% 7.9% -4.1% Energy Investment goods Intermediate goods Consumer goods Total Feb. 2022 Mar. 2022 -6.0% -40.0% -20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% Mar-21 May-21 Jul-21 Sep-21 Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 3.1% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% Mar-21 May-21 Jul-21 Sep-21 Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 In March 2022, year-on-year: • The Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 0.5% (4.6 percentage points (p.p.) more than in February); • This improvement is mainly associated with how Energy performed, whose year-on-year rate of change, despite remaining negative (-4.6%), recovered steeply (+27.9 p.p.), largely due to the increase in electricity production; • Excluding Energy, the rate of change concerning the IPI was 1.6% (3.1% in February); • The rate of change in the Manufacturing industry stood at 1.2% (2.3% in the previous month); • The major industrial groupings that make up the IPI showed disparate evolutions. Industrial Production Index (Year-on-year rate of change) Total Industrial Production Index (Year-on-year rate of change) Investment goods Industrial Production Index (Year-on-year rate of change) Consumer goods IPI - Total and Main Industrial Groupings (Year-on-year rate of change)
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