According to the State Statistical Office data, the index of the number of employees in industry in August 2020, in comparison with August 2019, was 94.9.
The number of employees in industry in the section Mining and quarrying in August 2020, in comparison with August 2019, decreased by 0.8%, in the section Manufacturing it decreased by 5.6%, and in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it decreased by 1.5%.
The number of employees in industry by Main Industrial Groupings in August 2020, in comparison with August 2019, was lower in Energy by 1.3%, Intermediate goods, except energy by 6.2%, Capital goods by 6.1%, Durable consumer goods by 6.7% and Nondurable consumer goods by 4.6%.
The index of the number of employees in industry in the period January - August 2020, in comparison with January - August 2019, was 95.3.
