Sales of capital goods grew 7.9% compared with the first nine months of last year, durable goods were up 6.2%, while the extracting industry declined 2.9% and energy sales dropped 20.5%.
Compared with August, industrial sales grew 16.8% in September, driven by a 17.4% growth in manufacturing sales. Capital goods posted a 43.3% monthly increase, durable goods sales grew 20.3%, intermediary goods grew 12.2% and consumer goods grew 4.3%. On the other hand, energy sales declined 8.8% on the month in September.
Compared with September 2014, industrial sales grew 0.9% in September 2015, with a growth of 1.3% in the manufacturing industry, offset by a decline of 11.3% in the extracting industry. Energy sales posted a decline of 27.8%, while durable goods grew 7.4%, capital goods grew 7%, and consumer goods grew 3.6%.