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Article: Brazil's industrial production up 1.3 percent in May
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 2, 2009
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Brazil's industrial production up 1.3 percent in May
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's industrial production
registered a 1.3 percent increase in May compared with the figure in
April, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
announced on Thursday.
It was the fifth consecutive increase in the industrial
production. In 2009, Brazil's industrial production accumulated a
7.8 percent increase, which indicates that the country's industrial
sector is recovering steadily from the current international
financial crisis.
Compared with the same period last year, though, the industrial
production was down 11.3 percent. In the first five months of the
year, Brazil's ...