The industry turnover index registered a year-on-year growth of 1% and the sales index in the national market accelerated 2.3 percentage points (pp), the National Statistics Institute (INE) announced this Wednesday, 10th.
Conversely, sales to the foreign market decreased by 3.2%, resulting in a negative contribution of 1.2 pp.
By grouping within the national market, intermediate goods and consumer goods showed year-on-year growth of, respectively, 8.8% and 7.1%.
Energy fell 1% in October and investment goods fell 3.9%.
By industrial groupings, intermediate goods grew 5.8%, contributing 1.8 pp, and, in the same vein, consumer goods advanced 4.5%, adding 1.2 pp to the index variation.
Energy went from a growth of 1.3% in September to a decrease of 6.4% in the month under review, having contributed negatively with 1.3 pp.
Investment goods also had a negative year-on-year variation of 3.7%, contributing 0.7 pp less to the variation in the aggregate index.