The company’s sales fell 4.7% in April, ending 25 months of growth

Traffic from companies fell 4.7% last April compared to the same month in 2022, entering in negative territory after 25 consecutive months of year-over-year gainsaccording to the Index of Business Traffic (ICNE) published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (AND NOT).

The biggest drop in billing refers to dedicated companies power supplywater, sanitation and waste management (-27.9%), due to falling energy prices, followed by companies specializing in extractive and processing industry (-8.1%), where the bottlenecks in the supply of these goods also decreased, which helped to reduce their prices. Traffic from the market and vehicle repair (-2.2%). only progress services (7%).

INE statistics suggest that the recovery in turnover of Spanish companies peaked and quickly declined within a month. And that is that the collection of companies was reduced in April by 12.5% ​​compared to the month of March. At the same time, the most pronounced decline was recorded in the extractive and processing industry (-18%), followed by the supply of electricity, water, sewage and waste management (-16.5%), trade and vehicle repairs. (-12.3%) and services (-3.1%).