Summary
The turnover in industry presented a nominal year growth of 8.0% in April (change rate of 7.9% in March), reflecting the acceleration in sales for the external market. The turnover for this market moved from a year-on-year change rate of 13.7% in March to 16.0% in April, while sales for the domestic market increased 3.2% in April (change rate of 4.5% in March).
In year-on-year terms, employment decreased by 0.9% while wages and salaries and hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, rose 1.7% and 0.4%, respectively.