Compared with the same month a year ago, seasonally adjusted industrial production in August rose by 0.9 percent in the euro area (EA19) and rose by 1.9 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In August compared with July, industrial production decreased by 0.5 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU28. In July, industrial production increased by 0.8 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively.
The decrease of 0.5 percent in industrial production in the euro area in August 2015, compared with July 2015, is due to production of energy falling by 3 percent, capital goods by 1 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.1 percent, while production of intermediate goods rose by 0.2 percent and durable consumer goods by 2.3 percent.
In the EU28, the decrease of 0.3 percent is due to production of energy falling by 1.2 percent, capital goods by 0.3 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.1 percent, while production of intermediate goods remained stable and durable consumer goods rose by 1.3 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in the Czech Republic (-4.3 percent), Croatia (-4.1 percent) and Lithuania (-3.5 percent), and the highest increases in Sweden (+4 percent), Greece (+3.9 percent), Denmark and France (both +1.6 percent).
Annual comparison
The increase of 0.9 percent in industrial production in the euro area in August 2015, compared with August 2014, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 4.5 percent, capital goods by 2.8 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.9 percent, while production of intermediate goods fell by 0.6 percent and energy by 1.6 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 1.9 percent is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 3.6 percent, capital goods by 3.1 percent, energy by 1.8 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 1.1 percent and intermediate goods by 0.2 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (+15 percent), Malta (+9.3 percent), Latvia (+6.4 percent), the Czech Republic and Sweden (both +6.3 percent). Decreases were observed in the Netherlands (-8.9 percent), Estonia (-2.7 percent), Finland (-2.3 percent) and Slovakia (-0.4 percent).
For more detail, download the PDF below.
