European seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.8 percent in September in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.7 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August, industrial production rose by 1.8 percent in the euro area and by 1.6 percent in the EU28.
In September 2016 compared with September 2015, industrial production increased by 1.2 percent in both zones.
The decrease of 0.8 percent in industrial production in the euro area in September 2016, compared with August 2016, is due to production of durable consumer goods falling by 5.6 percent, capital goods by 2.2 percent, intermediate goods by 0.7 percent and energy by 0.2 percent, while production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 0.3 percent.
In the EU28, the decrease of 0.7 percent is due to production of durable consumer goods falling by 3.7 percent, capital goods by 1.6 percent, energy by 0.6 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 0.4 percent and intermediate goods by 0.1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Denmark (-8.1 percent), Germany (-1.9 percent) and Greece (-1.8 percent), and the highest increases in Sweden (+7.6 percent), Ireland (+6.4 percent) and Estonia (+5.2 percent).
The increase of 1.2 percent in industrial production in the euro area in September 2016, compared with September 2015, is due to production of non-durable consumer goods rising by 1.9 percent, intermediate goods by 1.3 percent, capital goods by 1.2 percent and energy by 0.7 percent, while production of durable consumer goods fell by 0.2 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 1.2 percent is due to production of intermediate goods rising by 1.6 percent, capital goods by 1.5 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.9 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.8 percent, while production of energy fell by 0.1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Lithuania (+7.9 percent), Slovenia (+7.4 percent) and Estonia (+6.5 percent). Decreases were registered in Denmark (-3.2 percent), France (-1 percent) and Ireland (-0.9%).
