Summary
Industry Turnover’s nominal year-on-year change rate was, in March, -1.3% (1.1% in February). The sales for the domestic market decreased by 7.6% (-5.3% in the previous month). External market sales rose 8.4% (11.0% in February). In the first quarter 2012 industry turnover index grew, in year-on-year terms, 0.8% (decrease of 0.3% in the previous quarter) as a result of Energy aggregate growth.
Also in year-on-year terms, employment, wages and salaries and hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, decreased by 3.2%, 3.4% and 3.6%, respectively.