Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) has reported that in October this year industrial
production in the largest Latin American country increased by 0.6 percent compared to September and was up 0.9 percent from October 2012. In September this year, industrial output in
Brazil had increased by 0.5 percent month on month. Meanwhile, in October of the current year
Brazil's basic metal output decreased by 3.5 percent compared to October 2012.
In the first 10 months of 2013,
Brazil's industrial
production increased by 1.6 percent, while domestic basic metal output decreased by 2.8 percent, both compared with the same period of 2012.