Flávia Albuquerque       Reporter Agência Brasil

São Paulo – Industrial activity in the state of São Paulo, with seasonal adjustments, was down 0.3% in April, compared to March. Without seasonal adjustments, the decrease was 5.2%.

In a year-to-year comparison of April 2011 and April 2012, there was a drop of 5.1%.

 For the year, January to April, compared to the same period in 2011, industrial activity is down 5.9%.

And, finally, for the twelve-month period ending this April, compared to the same period ending in April 2011, there was a fall of 2.2%.

All the numbers are from the regular monthly survey by the São Paulo Manufacturing Federation (“Fiesp”), known as the (industrial) Level of Activity Index (“INA”).

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

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