European seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 1 percent in December compared with November for both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November industrial production fell by 0.5 percent in both zones.
In December 2015 compared with December 2014, industrial production decreased by 1.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU28.
The average industrial production for the year 2015, compared with 2014, rose by 1.4 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU28.
The decrease of 1 percent in industrial production in the euro area in December, compared with November, is due to production of energy falling by 2.4 percent, capital goods by 1.9 percent and both intermediate goods and non-durable consumer goods by 0.3 percent, while production of durable consumer goods rose by 1.4 percent.
In the EU28, the decrease of 1 percent is due to production of energy falling by 2.8 percent, capital goods by 1.6 percent and intermediate goods by 0.4 percent, while production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 0.1 percent and durable consumer goods by 1.5 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (-4.3 percent), Lithuania and Sweden (both -3.3 percent), and the highest increases in Denmark (+2.9 percent), the Netherlands (+1.5 percent) and Greece (+1.4 percent).
The decrease of 1.3 percent in industrial production in the euro area in December 2015, compared with December 2014, is due to production of energy falling by 7.3 percent and capital goods by 2.6 percent, while production of intermediate goods rose by 0.4 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.8 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 1.4 percent.
In the EU28, the decrease of 0.8 percent is due to production of energy falling by 5.7 percent and capital goods by 1.4 percent, while production of intermediate goods rose by 0.1 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 1.4 percent and durable consumer goods by 1.5 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in the Netherlands (-9.4 percent), Estonia (-8.8 percent) and Germany (-2.3 percent), and the highest increases in Ireland (+18.5 percent), Hungary (+6.9 percent) and Malta (+5.7 percent).
