Broken down by main industrial groups, compared with November 2021, stockpiles of capital goods increased 3.8%, durable consumer goods by 3.7%, non-durable consumer goods by 3%, and energy stockpiles went up 2.7%.
On the other hand, stockpiles of intermediate goods decreased by 4.1%.
Contraction year-on-year
The stockpiles of capital goods declined 48.6% compared to December 2020, while the stockpiles of durable consumer goods went down by 15.9% and the stockpiles of both intermediate goods and energy fell by 14.1% each.
Stockpiles of non-durable consumer goods dipped 1.3%.
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