SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 7-jul-2020

July . 07 . 2020 page 8/21 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt www.ine.pt SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 In what concerns the month-on-month rate of change, the IPI had a reduction of 2.5% in May (-19.3% in April). Industrial Production Index (Year-on-year change) Intermediate goods -23.4% -25.0% -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% May-19 Jul-19 Sep-19 Nov-19 Jan-20 Mar-20 May-20 Industrial Production Index (Year-on-year change) Energy -22.8% -25.0% -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% May-19 Jul-19 Sep-19 Nov-19 Jan-20 Mar-20 May-20 More information available at: Industrial Production Index – May 2020 (30 June 2020) COVID-19: monitoring the impact of the pandemic on enterprises Statistics Portugal and the Banco de Portugal launched the Fast and Exceptional Enterprise Survey (COVID- IREE), to identify the effects of the pandemic on the activity of the enterprises. Initially released weekly it is now available every fortnight. The survey is necessarily short in order not to overburden enterprises. In the fifteen days under review, questions were asked about turnover, persons employed, staff working from home (remote working) and with an alternate presence in the premises of the enterprise, the difficulty in complying with the sanitary and requirements necessary for the resumption of the activity, the use of public supporting measures, and the use of credit. This survey does not cover the financial sector or public administration organizations. Situation of the enterprises, as a % of the total number of enterprises 96.3% 3.2% 0.4% 95.2% 4.3% 0.5% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% Still in production or operation, even partially Temporarily closed Definitively closed First fortnight of June Second fortnight of June The survey results point to a slight improvement in the enterprises’ situation in the second fortnight of June, of which 96.3% were in production or operation, even partially (95.2% in the previous week).