The manufacturing industry in the country has seen a decline in its contribution to the national GDP from 36% in 1985 to 11% in the first quarter of the year, as per data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Similarly, employment rates within the industry have also declined. Industrial production has decreased by […]
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