European seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 1.1 percent in July in the euro area (EA19) and by 1 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June, industrial production rose by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU28.
In July 2016 compared with July 2015, industrial production decreased by 0.5 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU28.
The decrease of 1.1 percent in industrial production in the euro area in July 2016, compared with June 2016, is due to production of capital goods falling by 1.7 percent, energy by 1.4 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.7 percent and intermediate goods by 0.5 percent, while production of non-durable consumer goods remained unchanged.
In the EU28, the decrease of 1 percent is due to production of capital goods falling by 2.1 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.6 percent, intermediate goods by 0.4 percent and energy by 0.2 percent, while production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 0.2 percent.
Among member states for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Slovakia (-15.9 percent), the Czech Republic (-9.7 percent) and the Netherlands (-5.8 percent), and the highest increases in Estonia (+4.5 percent), Ireland (+3.7 percent) and Denmark (+2.3 percent).
The decrease of 0.5 percent in industrial production in the euro area in July 2016, compared with July 2015, is due to production of energy falling by 5.9 percent and capital goods by 1.2 percent, while intermediate goods rose by 0.3 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 1.3 percent and durable consumer goods by 2.6 percent.
In the EU28, the decrease of 0.1 percent is due to production of energy falling by 4 percent and capital goods by 0.7 percent, while intermediate goods rose by 0.4 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 1.2 percent and durable consumer goods by 3.1 percent.
Among member states for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Slovakia (-14.3 percent), the Czech Republic (-7.6 percent) and Malta (-3.9 percent), and the highest increases in Denmark and Slovenia (both +7.4 percent), Finland (+6.8 percent) and Ireland (+5 percent).
