Leather and footwear  have led the way in a turnaround in manufacturing activity in Spain.

The National Institute of Statistics (INE) has said manufacturing output rose by 6.5% in May compared to the same month in 2021. The level of output was 7.1% up on the figure for April 2021.

INE also said that the figure for May 2022 was the highest for any month since June 2021 and it said leather and footwear had led the way with an increase of 37.4% year on year.

This is a striking change in fortunes for leather and footwear manufacturing. Figures for May 2021 put these two sectors at the bottom of a list of manufacturing industries that remained a long way behind pre-covid levels of output.

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