Compared with the same month a year ago, seasonally adjusted industrial production in September rose by 1.7 percent in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.8 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In September compared with August, industrial production decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU28. In August, industrial production fell by 0.4 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively.
The decrease of 0.3 percent in industrial production in the euro area in September 2015, compared with August 2015, is due to production of durable consumer goods falling by 3.9 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 1 percent and capital goods by 0.3 percent, while production of intermediate goods remained stable and energy rose by 1.2 percent. In the EU28, the decrease of 0.1 percent is due to production of durable consumer goods falling by 2.5 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 0.6 percent and energy by 0.2 percent, while production of both capital goods and intermediate goods rose by 0.1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (-2.4 percent), Lithuania (-2.3 percent) and Greece (-1.9 percent), and the highest increases in Croatia (+5.9 percent), Hungary (+2.9 percent), the Czech Republic (+2.6 percent) and Slovakia (+2.2 percent).
Annual comparison
The increase of 1.7 percent in industrial production in the euro area in September 2015, compared with September 2014, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 2.6 percent, capital goods by 2.2 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 2.1 percent and intermediate goods by 1.8 percent, while production of energy fell by 1.4 percent. In the EU28, the increase of 1.8 percent is due to production of capital goods rising by 2.7 percent, both durable and nondurable consumer goods by 1.7 percent, intermediate goods by 1.4 percent and energy by 0.1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (+14.6 percent), Hungary (+7.9 percent), Slovakia (+7.2 percent) and Sweden (+7.1 percent). Decreases were observed in the Netherlands (-5.6 percent), Estonia (-4.1 percent) and Lithuania (-0.6 percent).
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