European seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.8 percent in February 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 January 2016 industrial production rose by 1.9 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 in the EU28.
In February 2016 compared with February 2015, industrial production increased by 0.8 percent in both the euro area and the EU28.
The decrease of 0.8 percent in industrial production in the euro area in February 2016, compared with January 2016, is due to production of non-durable consumer goods falling by 1.8 percent, energy by 1.2 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.4 percent and capital goods by 0.3 percent, while production of intermediate goods remained stable.
In the EU28, the decrease of 0.7 percent is due to production of non-durable consumer goods falling by 1.4 percent, energy by 1.2 percent, capital goods by 0.5 percent and durable consumer goods by 0.1 percent, while production of 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 (-10.5 percent), Greece (-4.4 percent) and Croatia (-1.6 percent), and the highest increases in Lithuania (+2.5 percent), Slovakia (+2.4 percent) and Malta (+1.8 percent).
The increase of 0.8 percent in industrial production in the euro area in February 2016, compared with February 2015, is due to production of capital goods rising by 3 percent, intermediate goods by 1.9 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.8 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.7 percent, while production of energy fell by 5.2 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 0.8 percent is due to production of capital goods rising by 2.7 percent, both intermediate goods and durable consumer goods by 1.6 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.5 percent, while production of energy fell by 3.6 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Slovakia (+7.4 percent), Slovenia (+6.5 percent) and Lithuania (+6.3 percent) and the largest decreases in Malta (-4.6 percent), Greece (-3 percent) and the Netherlands (-2.8 percent).
