The industry raises its sales by 31.7% in June due to energy and chains 16 months of increases

MADRID, 18 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The turnover of the industry rose 31.7% in June compared to the same month of 2021, mainly due to the boost in sales from the energy sector, according to data released this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) .

With the year-on-year advance in June, almost one point lower than that registered in May, the industry's turnover has risen for 16 consecutive months after having previously chained a year of negative year-on-year rates due to the Covid crisis.

By sectors, energy sales shot up 131.2% year-on-year, while capital goods billed 25.2% more. These advances are followed by intermediate goods (24.1%); non-durable consumer goods (22.9%) and durable consumer goods (18.5%).

The branches where sales increased the most in the interannual rate were coking plants and oil refining (131.2%); the manufacture of jewelry, costume jewelery and musical instruments (58.4%) and the manufacture of motorcycles, bicycles and vehicles for the disabled (52.4%), while the only year-on-year cut in turnover was recorded by industry of tobacco (-16%).

Adjusting for the calendar effect and seasonality, the turnover of the industry rose by 33.1% year-on-year in the sixth month of the year, a rate 3.3 points higher than that of the previous month and the highest since May 2021.

In the first six months of the year, the turnover of the industry has increased by an average of 24%, highlighting the increases in sales in coke ovens and oil refining (118.2%) and in the manufacture of jewelery and jewelry (54.8%). In contrast, the only decreases in sales in the first half were recorded by the tobacco industry (-6%), the manufacture of computers (-2%) and the manufacture of motor vehicles (-0.8%).

In monthly terms (June over May) and in data adjusted for seasonality and calendar, the industry increased its sales by 2.2%, almost two points more than in May and its third consecutive monthly growth.

All sectors increased their sales in June compared to May, especially energy (5.1%), followed by capital goods (4.1%), non-durable consumer goods (3.8%), consumer goods durable (1.4%) and intermediate goods (0.1%).

The activities that most increased their sales compared to May were the repair and installation of machinery and equipment (9.4%); the manufacture of other transport material (6.8%) and the manufacture of pharmaceutical products (6.3%), while the largest monthly cuts were recorded in the tobacco industry (-10.5%) and in the manufacturing of computer products and metallurgy (-2.2% in both cases).

SALES INCREASE IN ALL COMMUNITIES

The turnover of the industry increased last June in all the autonomous communities in interannual rate.

The greatest increases occurred in Murcia (61.7%), the Valencian Community (45.5%), the Basque Country (45.3%), the Balearic Islands (40.9%), Asturias (40.3%) and Andalusia ( 38.9%), while the most moderate were presented by the Canary Islands (15.5%), La Rioja (17.4%), Castilla y León (20%) and Catalonia (20.2%).