Changes in sales to the foreign market

In January 2008 the turnover in the industry registered a variation counterpart from 6.1 percent, a figure that represents an acceleration of 1.5 percentage points (pp) on the previous month.

According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), although this acceleration is associated with an acceleration of sales to the foreign market, sales for the domestic market continued to increase at a rate "significantly" higher than that of the entire index.

These data reflect mainly the "trend in sales to the foreign market," states the INE.

Employment records fall

In the first month of the year, employment in industry fell 0.7% in terms counterparts, focusing in 0.6 pp The decrease observed in the previous month.

Already the salaries paid in the industry, in terms counterparts, rose 1.8%, below 0.2 pp To that seen in December.

With respect to hours worked, corrected the days útes, fell 1.2% against the same month the previous year, reflecting a decrease of 2.8 pp Compared to that observed in the last month of 2007