In May, industry turnover rose 7.4% in year-on-year terms (7.1% in April). Domestic market index year-on-year change rate was 3.1% (1.6% in April), while external market sales moved from a year-on-year change rate of 16.2% in April to 14.8% in May.
Also in year-on-year terms, employment, wages and salaries and hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, decreased by 0.9%, 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively.