São Paulo - The level of employment in the manufacturing sector in São Paulo rose 0.76% in July, which means 11,756 jobs were created. The information is from the state Industrial Federation (Fiesp). That was the best July result since 1994, when the survey began.

For the year there has been a cumulative increase in São Paulo industrial sector jobs of 41,847, an increase of 2.73%. For the last 12 months, the increase reached 43,132 jobs.

Agência Brasil
Reporter: Fabiana Uchinaka
Translator: Allen Bennett
08/17/2004