Industry of building materials is down

For the internal market of the industries of building materials, 38% of companies consider that September will have good performance, compared with 54 percent who believe that sales next month will be regular. However, for the external market 11% of respondents believe the performance will be very good in September, 50% good and 44%. The data are part of the ABRAMAT thermometer-Brazilian Association of industries of construction materials-that indicates whether industry entrepreneurship are unsure as to the stability of the economy. This August, the poll among construction material industries indicates that 8% of the companies are optimistic about the actions of the Government for the civil construction industry in the next 12 months. In relation to investments in August, 58% of the materials industries have said they intend to invest in the next 12 months, compared with 57% in the previous month (July).