Mexican industrial production in August declined 0.6 percent, year-on-year, according to data released on Thursday by the nation’s statistics agency, Inegi.
Despite the year-on-year decline, Inegi said local industrial output in August rose 0.3 percent on a month-on-month basis.
Inegi said industrial production at the local mining and civil construction sectors in August dropped 9.6 and 1.5 percent, year-on-year, respectively, while industrial production at the manufacturing segment rose 3.1 percent in August, also on a year-on-year basis.
Industrial output in the civil construction and manufacturing industries in August improved 0.3 and 0.5 percent, respectively, month-on-month, but declined 2.3 percent in the same period for the mining sector.