Data from the April issue of the Industrial Indicators survey show a continued downturn in the Brazilian manufacturing industry, as it experienced the fifteenth consecutive monthly decline in industrial jobs.

Between April and March, the indicators of sales, employment and capacity utilization edged down by 0.6%, 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively, in the seasonally adjusted series. On the other hand, the following indicators posted growth on the same comparison basis: real average earnings of

Industrial employment falls for the fifteenth month in a row

Industrial indicators – April 2016 Seasonally adjusted change from January

Ç REAL SALES Down by 0.6%

Ç HOURS WORKED IN PRODUCTION Up to 0.3%Indústria Petrolífera

Indústria Química

Pequena Média Grande

Indústrias Diversas

Indústria da Construção Indústria de Energia

Ç CAPACITY UTILIZATIONDown by 0.3 percentage points

workers (1.1%), real total payroll (0.4%) and hours worked in production (0.3%). As for total payroll, the indicator is up for the first time in nine months.

One can see the severity of the recession by comparing current data with last year’s data. All indicators are down in the first four months of 2016 from the corresponding period in 2015: sales (12.3%), hours worked (10.0%), total payroll (10.0%), employment (9.4%) capacity utilization (2.8 percentage points), and real average earnings of workers (0.7%).

Ç EMPLOYMENT Down by 0.5%

Ç REAL TOTAL PAYROLL Down by 0.4%

Ç REAL AVERAGE EARNINGSUp by 1.1%

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Hours worked hold steady Hours worked in production posted growth of 0.3% between March and April on a seasonally adjusted basis.

However, the indicator of hours worked is down by 8.6% in April from the same month in 2015.

Hours worked in productionSeasonally adjusted (Fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)

Fifteenth consecutive monthly decline In seasonally adjusted terms, the employment indicator recorded a 0.5% decline in April as compared to March.

Manufacturing jobs are down by 8.7% in April from the same month a year ago.

EmploymentSeasonally adjusted (fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)

Sales retake downward trendReal sales shrank by 0.6% in April from March in the seasonally adjusted series, marking the second consecutive monthly decline in the indicator.

On a seasonally adjusted month-over-month basis, the indicator of sales is down by 9.9% in April as compared to the same month in 2015.

Real SalesSeasonally adjusted (fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)

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Higher average earnings in April

Real average earnings

The indicator of real average earnings of workers grew by 1.1% in April from March in the seasonally adjusted series.

Workers’ average earnings in April are 1.6% higher than those observed in the same month the year before.

Seasonally adjusted (Fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)

Deflator: INPC-IBGE

Idleness hits record high since 2002

Capacity utilizationSeasonally adjusted (average percentage)

Deflator: INPC-IBGE

Capacity utilization stood at 76.9% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, representing a 0.3-percentage point drop as compared to March. In April, capacity utilization is down by 2.8 percentage points from the same month a year ago.

76.9%

Indústria Petrolífera

Indústria Química

Pequena Média Grande

Indústrias Diversas

Indústria da Construção Indústria de Energia

Total payroll edges up after declining for nine months The total payroll indicator rose by 0.4% in April on a seasonally adjusted month-over-month basis.

Nevertheless, real total payroll experienced a 7.3% decline in April as compared to the same month a year ago.

Real total payrollSeasonally-adjusted (Fixed-base index: 2006 average = 100)

Deflator: INPC-IBGE

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1 Deflator: IPA/OG-FGV - 2 Deflator: INPC-IBGE

PERCENTAGE CHANGE APR 2016 / MAR 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

APR 16 / APR 15 JAN-APR 16/ JAN-APR 15

Real sales1 -0.6 -9.9 -12.3

Worked hours in production 0.3 -8.6 -10.0

Employment -0.5 -8.7 -9.4

Real total payroll2 0.4 -7.3 -10.0

Real average earnings2 1.1 1.6 -0.7

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE APR 16 MAR 16 APR 15

Capacity utilization 77.6 77.8 80.4

Capacity utilization - Seasonally adjusted 76.9 77.2 79.8

Resume of results - Industrial Indicators

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