SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 3-Nov-2021

November . 03 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 14/16 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt IPI - Total and Main Industrial Groupings (month-on-month rate of change) More information is available at: Industrial production index – September 2021 (29 Ocotber 2021) 8.1% 9.0% 0.8% -3.6% 1.6% -7.6% -7.6% -0.4% 1.9% -1.9% Energy Investment goods Intermediate goods Consumer goods Total Aug 2021 Sep 2021 In the 3 rd quarter of 2021: • The IPI decreased by 4.9% in comparison with the same period of the previous year (rate of change of 24.3% in the previous quarter, which compares with a period in 2020 significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic); • With regard to the Main Industrial Groupings, the following should be noted: » Investment Goods registered the most intense negative rate of change: -13.6% (24.4% in the 2 nd quarter); » Energy also presented a negative rate of change: -13.0% (14.2% in the previous quarter); » Intermediate Goods went from a year-on-year rate of change of 26.1% in the 2 nd quarter to 3.7% in the current quarter. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the number of overnight stays spent by non-residents exceed those spent by residents In September 2021: • The tourist accommodation sector recorded 2.1 million guests and 5.6 million overnight stays. These results represent, in year-on-year terms: » +52.3% concerning guests (+35,5% in August); » +58,4% in terms of overnight stays (+47.9% in August); • The levels of tourism activity achieved were however lower than those observed in September 2019: -28.9% in guests and -26.6% in overnight stays;