In March 2025 it is estimated that the decreased index of industrial production increases by 0.1% compared to February.
On the average of the first quarter, the production level increases by 0.4% compared to the previous three months.
Istat notes it, adding that net of the calendar effects, in March 2025 the general index decreases in tendency to 1.8%.
The monthly decreased index presents conjunctural increases in the sectors of capital goods (+2.2%) and intermediate goods (+1.1%); Negative variations, on the other hand, record consumer goods (-1.3%) and energy (-1.9%), explains the Statistics Institute.
On an annual basis there is an increase exclusively for energy (+4.5%); On the other hand, intermediate goods (-1.7%), capital goods (-2.7%) and consumer goods (-2.9%) show.
The sectors of economic activity that record the greater tendential increases They are the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air (+12.2%), the manufacture of electrical equipment (+5.1%) and other manufacturing industries (+2.0%).
While the largest flexions are recorded in the manufacture of coke and refined oil products (-17.2%), in the textile industries, clothing, skin and accessories (-12.0%) and in the manufacture of means of transport (-8.3%).