Industrial production begins to feel the whole crisis on its shoulders. The index that measures the performance of the industry, corrected for calendar effects, collapsed in April, marking a -9,2% compared to the same month in 2011: it is the worst figure since November 2009. This was announced by Istat specifying that, compared to March, production decreased by 1,9%. Between February and April, the index recorded an average decline of 2,5%, compared to the previous three months. The crude trend data shows a decline in industrial production was 11,9%.
All sectors recorded negative trend changes in the first four months of 2012. The most marked decrease was i intermediate goods, and with a decrease of 12,8%. But significant drops were also recorded in other sectors: -7,9% for consumer goods, -6,2% for capital goods and -3,8% for energy.
In April, on the other hand, mining activities were saved, increasing by 6,5%. While in the other sectors the largest decreases are recorded in the manufacture of electrical equipment and non-electrical household equipment (-15,6%), in the manufacture of rubber and plastic material items, in other non-metallic mineral processing products ( -14,7%), in metallurgy and manufacturing of metal products (-12,1%) and in the manufacturing of chemical products (-10,3%).
The trend signal of the motor vehicle production in april. Every year, in fact, the production of cars is words of the 5,7%. However, if one considers the first four months of 2012, the production figure remains negative: the drop was 19,2% (corrected for calendar effects).
The negative data of Italian industry were immediately reflected in Piazza Affari: around 11 the Ftse-Mib lost 1,89%.
