On the other hand, the mining and hydrocarbons sector registered a variation of 0.35% in its production indicators.
During 2022, fishing production —which includes maritime and inland fishing— fell 13.74%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) after accumulating seven months in total with negative figures.
Specifically in December, the fishing sector fell 2.81% due to the lower extraction of marine species (-4.76%) and the decrease in the extraction of anchovy for fishmeal and fish oil (-3.86%).
For its part, domestic cement consumption —related to construction performance— accumulated an average contraction of 0.68%.
Specifically in December, the fall was 6.72% due to the lower construction of private and self-construction works compared to the same period in 2021.
Meanwhile in The mining and hydrocarbons sector registers an average increase of 0.35% in all of 2022.
Only in December the sector rose 9.34% due to the higher production of iron (99.4%), copper (19.2%), lead (3.2%) and tin (2.3%); however, the production of molybdenum (-12.1%), silver (-6.4%), gold (-4.0%) and zinc (-2.7%) decreased.
Although the hydrocarbons subsector fell 1.03% due to the lower extraction of natural gas liquids (-4.9%), a result that was partly offset by the higher exploitation of crude oil (4.0%) and natural gas (0 .9%).
Source: Larepublica
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