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Portugal Industry January 2019

Portugal: Industrial sector contracts at sharper pace in January

Portugal’s industrial sector contracted at a sharper pace in January amid a broad-based slowdown in the Eurozone, marking the third consecutive month of decline. Industrial output fell 3.0% over the same month of the previous year, down from a revised 1.0% year-on-year contraction in December (previously reported: -0.3% year-on-year). All sub-sectors experienced a downturn, with the manufacturing sector decelerating markedly, while the mining and quarrying, and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning sectors contracted more sharply.

In seasonally-adjusted, month-on-month terms, industrial production growth inched up to 0.8% in January from a revised 0.7% in December (previously reported: +1.1% month-on-month). Meanwhile, annual average growth in industrial output fell to minus 0.5% in January following a minus 0.1% print in December.

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