However, on an annual basis, there was an improvement of 1.6% (due to the very low comparison base of 2025). Thus, the industrial sector remains one of the most affected by the economic model of the National Government. In parallel, the Synthetic Activity Index of Construction (ISAC) for the first month of the year is being disseminated. The latest data from the body showed a cumulative growth of 6.3% in 2025—although comparing with very low statistics—after rebounding 3.8% in December compared to November. Compared to December 2024, it rose 2.9%. In the breakdown of purchases of construction materials, the indicators showed mostly declines.
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Key economic sector: thanks to a rebound effect, construction managed to grow in 2025
It shows the evolution of the sector based on the apparent consumption of materials required for construction: asphalt; lime; Portland cement; plumbing fixtures; round iron and construction steels; ready-mix concrete; hollow bricks; granite and limestone tiles; construction paints; ceramic floors and coverings; plasterboards; ceramic sanitary ware; seamless steel pipes; flat glass for construction; and gypsum.
Buenos Aires, March 5 (NA) -- The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) will tomorrow release the Manufacturing Industrial Production Index (IPI) and the Synthetic Activity Indicator of Construction (ISAC), both corresponding to January. According to Noticias Argentinas agency, the manufacturing IPI conducts a survey of all economic activities that make up the national manufacturing sector.
The latest data from INDEC's manufacturing industry raise more alarm signals
The latest data from the body showed another negative number and reached its sixth consecutive annual decline in December, having contracted 3.9%.
