The turnover index in the industry grew by 5.6% in July, a 1.0 percentage point slowdown compared to June, today the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
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08/09/2026
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Sin the energy pool, turnover was 3.9% (5.3% in the previous month).
In July, the domestic sales index slowed down by 1.2 percentage points to 7.9% (9.1% in June) and contributed by 5.0 percentage points to the total change in the index.
External markets also decreased by 0.7 percentage points, focusing on 1.6% (2.3% in June), generating a contribution of 0.6 percentage points to the total value.
By grouping, energy and intermediate goods had the greatest contribution to the variation, with 2.5 and 2.3 percentage points, respectively, resulting from growth of 12.1% and 7.2%, respectively.
In turn, investment goods and consumer goods increased by 2.8% and 0.8% each year, contributing with 0.7 percentage points to the aggregate.
The turnover index in the industry decreased monthly by 1.4% in July, when the previous month had increased by 0.5%.
In the month under analysis, the employment and hours worked presented annual decreases of 1.3% and 1.7% (variations of -0.3% and -0.7% in the previous month).
The remuneration increased by 3.9% (6.5% in May).