Industrial production told 8.5% in MarchCompared to the same month of the previous year and returns to positive numbers after two consistent months of falls. In addition, the greatest increase was noted since April 2024, according to data published on this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
In the corrected series of seasonal and calendar effects, industrial production increased by 1% In March, the month, the first positive fact this year, but which cannot improve the one that received in December is the last positive month -when it increased by 2.1%.
By sectors and in the corrected indicators of seasonal effects and calendar, Energy introduced an increase of 6.8%IN The highest year is –The field, on the contrary, unrequited consumer goods registered by 1.2%decrease. For their part, command products increased by 0.1% and intermediate goods to 1.1%.
The details of statistics show that The activity that contributed to industrial production in March was the production of computer, electronic and optical products (23.1%), the production of other transport materials (16.3%) and graphic art and the reproduction of registered supports (15.5%).
Also The production of metal products has grownIn addition to machine and equipment, 14.5%; A mining industries14.1%; A Drinking13.6%; And Production of material and electric equipment13.4%.
On the opposite side, The leather and shoe industry reduced production by 6.6% and other mining industries, 0.6%, are the only branches of activity that have negative indicators.
A Monthly variations From the industrial production index (IPI) in the period from March and February, excluding seasonal and calendar effects, this amounted to 0.9%. This indicator was 0.2 points higher than in February, and the second best in December, when 1.1%grew.
TO Autonomous communitiesThe annual rate of industrial production has increased since March 2024 in all Spanish regions, from The most pronounced progress in extremard, 29.4%Which is 20.9 percentage points above the average in the country. Behind the extreme islands are the Balearian islands that have grown to 14.9%, and cantabria with 14%. Although they all registered an increase, those that grew smaller, there were Canary Islands, an increase of 3.7%, Asturia, 5.4%more and Castile -I -Leon, an increase of 5.7%. Thus, these regions are still far from the middle in the country, located in 8.5%.
