Both industry and commerce registered lower dynamics in November, according to reports delivered by the Dane.
First, manufacturing production it registered a variation of 4.5%, while its real sales were 3.8% and that of employed personnel was 2.7%.
(See: In November, industry production was 4.5%).
“Of the 39 industrial activities represented by the survey, a total of 24 registered positive variations in their real production, adding 6.7 percentage points to the total annual variation, and 15 subsectors with negative variations subtracted a total of 2.2 percentage points from the variation. total”the report states.
In the course of the year until November, the manufacturing activity presented a variation of 11.8%, actual sales of 11.1% and employed personnel of 4.4%.
(See: Industry and commerce brake?: in August they grew to a single digit).
On the other hand, during the last twelve months until November 2022, real production increased 11.9%, while real sales increased 11.2% and employed personnel grew 4.5%.
In the case of retail trade, the increase was 1.7% in November. On the other hand, employed personnel registered a growth of 4.0% compared to the same month last year.
(See: In the first semester, industry grew 17.3%, and trade 18.2%).
not including fuel trade, the variation of real sales in the sector was 1.6%.
According to Dane “If the results of November 2022 are compared with those of November 2019, an increase of 13.5% in retail sales is evident, and a drop of 1.2% in relation to employed personnel”.
In the comparison of the penultimate month of 2022 with respect to the same month of the previous year, 11 lines of merchandise registered positive variances in your actual saleswhile another eight registered negative annual variations in their sales.
In the accumulated first 11 months of last yearCompared to the same period in 2021, retail sales grew 11.8%.
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‘December, the worst month of 2022’: Fenalco
The president of Fenalco, Jaime Alberto Cabalsaid that December was the worst month of last year, referring to the balance of the Christmas sales compared to those of 2021.
“71% of the merchants saw their sales decrease or registered a behavior similar to last year. Taking inflation into account, of course, this means a decrease”, he explained.
The union leader also revealed that a 52% of businessmen consulted in the Bitácora they reduced their profits or lost money.
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