Summary
The year-on-year change rate of the nominal Industry Turnover Index was -6.8% in April, which compares with -1.6% in March. The external market sales index decreased by 3.3% in April, while in March it increased by 9.2%. The reduction of the sales for the domestic market was 9.2% (change rate of -8.7% in the previous month).
Comparing with the same month of the previous year, employment, wages and salaries and hours worked, adjusted for calendar effects, decreased by 4.1%, 2.8% and 4.5% in April, respectively.