Compared to September, there was a decrease of 0.9%. Sudden slowdown for consumer goods and energy. The mining activity and the pharmaceutical production of products and preparations do not experience periods of crisis.
There economic crisis directly affects the industrial production which, in the month of October, registers a noticeable decline equal to 0.9% compared to September. To pay more than all the "black" moment i consumer goods and energy. On the contrary, it knows no crisis the mining activity and the pharmaceutical production of both products and preparations
On average for the August-October quarter, the index fell by 0.5% compared to the previous quarter. Corrected for calendar effects, in October the index decreased in trend terms by 4.2% (there were 21 working days, as in October 2010). On average for the first ten months of the year, production grew by 0.6% compared to the same period of the previous year. Indexes corrected for calendar effects record a downward trend for all sectors. They decrease more markedly i consumer goods and energy (both -5.3%) and, to a lesser extent, the groupings of intermediate goods (-3.8%) and gods capital goods (-3.0%). In the trend comparison, i industry sectors characterized by the most accentuated growth are: the mining activity (+13.3%) and the manufacture of pharmaceutical products basic and
