Chile Industrial Output Rises 4.6% in May

2025-06-30 13:42 By Heloisa Zanati 1 min. read

Industrial production in Chile rose 4.6% annually in May of 2025, accelerating from the 3.8% increase in the previous month for the sharpest growth since December 2024.

Output rose sharply in the mining sector (9.8% vs 10.1% in April), driven by the extraction of metallic minerals, which grew by 10.1%.

The manufacturing industry also made a positive contribution (2.9% vs 0.0%) amid the 16.4% surge in the manufacture of paper and related products.

In the opposite direction, public services output shrank further (-3.9% vs -1.0%), reflecting falls in two of the three activities that make it up, especially electricity generation, which fell by 3.5%.

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production rose 0.7% in May, accelerating from 0.5% in April.



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