In nominal terms, industry turnover year-on-year change rate was 1.5% in December, after the reduction of 0.9% in November. Domestic market index shifted from a decline of 1.5% in November to a growth of 1.9% in December, whereas non-domestic market index increased 0.8% (-0.1% change rate in November).
In the 4th quarter of 2019, industry sales rose 0.3% (variation of -2.1% in the 3rd quarter). For the year 2019, the average change rate was -0.7% (4.9% in 2018).
In year-on-year terms, the employment, wages and salaries and hours worked indices registered variations of -0.3%, 1.8% and -0.4% respectively (-0.3%, 4.2% and 1.4% in the previous month, by the same order). For the year 2019, employment, wages and salaries and hours worked (gross data) increased 0.5%, 3.6% and 0.4% (2.6%, 5.3% and 2.2% in the previous year), respectively. Wages and salaries per capita moved from 2.6% in 2018 to 3.2% in 2019, while wages and salaries per hour grew 3.1% (3.0% in 2018).