Madrid (EFE) % in the interannual rate, sharpening the rate registered in November by almost two points.
According to the data published this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the activities with the greatest increases in production in 2022 were the leather and footwear industry (12.8%), the manufacture of pharmaceutical products (9.8 %) and other extractive industries (8.2%).
Meanwhile, those that presented the greatest decreases were metallurgy (9%), the chemical industry (4.3%) and the paper industry (2.4%).
In the whole of 2022, industrial production increased in 13 communities and decreased in four. The greatest increases occurred in the Balearic Islands (13.6%) and Madrid (5.6%), while the greatest decreases occurred in Castilla y León, 3%; and Galicia, 1.5%.
Once the seasonal and calendar effects were corrected, the Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose by 2.9% in the whole of 2022 and by 0.6% in the interannual rate.
Capital goods, the only sector that grew in December
By economic sectors, in the original series for December and in the interannual rate, capital goods rose 4.8% and all the others fell, especially intermediate goods, 9.2%; followed by energy, 5.7%; and consumer goods, 2.1%, -with greater intensity non-durables (2.2%) than durables (1.2%)-.
The breakdown of activities reveals that clothing manufacturing fell especially, 27.9%; the wood and cork industry, 26.7%; and the chemical industry, 17.3%.
These cuts were offset by activities such as the manufacture of pharmaceutical products (26.1%), other transport material (19.3%) and electrical material and equipment (16%).
The annual rate of industrial production increased compared to December 2021 in four autonomous communities and decreased in the other 13. The largest increases occurred in Extremadura (20.3%), Canarias (3.8%) and Comunidad de Madrid ( 3 %).
In contrast, the IPI fell especially in Murcia, 20.9%; Asturias, 13%; and Castilla y León, 7.3%.
This industrial indicator has already been negative for two months, breaking a six-month positive trend that began in May 2022.
The monthly variation of the IPI between the months of December and November, eliminating seasonal and calendar effects, is 0.8%, a rate 1.4 points higher than that observed in November.
By sectors, durable consumer goods (5.9%), energy (3.9%) and capital goods (2.8%) presented positive monthly rates, while intermediate goods decreased, 1.6%, and goods non-durable consumption, 0.7%.