Conindustria estimates that manufacturing production could grow 12.7%, a jump that industrialists attribute to better operational dynamics, greater stability in orders and the possibility of integrating into new value chains
The manufacturing production of the Venezuelan private sector closed the year 2025 with an increase of 5.4% compared to 2024, reported the Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria), when presenting data from the Industrial Situation Survey corresponding to that period.
The union noted that the sector’s performance was irregular throughout the year: production increased 6.8% in the first quarter, just 0.1% in the second, 5.2% in the third and 9.5% in the fourth quarter, the latter strongly driven by a particularly dynamic December.
Although the annual expansion in 2025 was below the 16.1% achieved in 2024, industrialists pointed out that the figure reflects a “positive trend” and the resilience of a sector that has maintained its activity despite an adverse environment marked by deep economic restrictions.
The president of Conindustria, Tito López, highlighted that these results show that the Venezuelan industry “is still standing”, investing, producing and generating employment, even when it faces conditions that in other countries would have paralyzed productive activity.
Among the items with the greatest growth in 2025, Conindustria highlighted the progress of the pharmaceutical sector, with an increase of close to 27%, followed by food (6.8%) and textiles and footwear (6.7%). On the contrary, areas such as machinery, electrical equipment and optics contracted by 23.5%, and beverages fell by 5%.
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Looking ahead to 2026, the confederation estimates that manufacturing production could grow 12.7%, a jump that industrialists attribute to better operational dynamics, greater stability in orders and the possibility of integrating into new value chains.
However, the union warned that the sector still faces a series of structural obstacles that limit its potential, among which the high tax burden, the exchange gap, the shortage of foreign currency, the lack of access to financing, persistent inflation and low internal demand stand out.
Progressive recovery, but with challenges ahead
The utilization of the installed capacity of the productive apparatus closed 2025 at 52.7%, a figure higher than the level of previous years, but which still reflects a wide margin of idleness that industrialists consider an opportunity for future investments.
Conindustria estimated that at least $3.4 billion in financing is required to drive a broader recovery of the manufacturing sector and allow higher levels of production to translate into sustained growth and generation of formal employment.
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