European seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 1.1 percent in April in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.3 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2016 industrial production fell by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU28.
In April 2016 compared with April 2015, industrial production increased by 2 percent in the euro area and by 2.5 percent in the EU28.
The increase of 1.1 percent in industrial production in the euro area in April 2016, compared with March 2016, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 2.3 percent, capital goods by 1.9 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 1.6 percent, intermediate goods by 0.4 percent and energy by 0.3 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 1.3 percent is due to production of non-durable consumer goods rising by 2.3 percent, durable consumer goods by 1.9 percent, capital goods by 1.7 percent, energy by 0.5 percent and intermediate goods by 0.4 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (+6.7 percent), Portugal (+6.4 percent), Estonia (+5.9 percent) and Hungary (+5.4 percent), and the largest decreases in Croatia (-2.8 percent), Lithuania (-2.7 percent) and Latvia (-2 percent).
The increase of 2 percent in industrial production in the euro area in April 2016, compared with April 2015, is due to production of capital goods rising by 3.8 percent, both intermediate goods and durable consumer goods by 1.5 percent, energy by 1.3 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 1 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 2.5 percent is due to production of capital goods rising by 3.5 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 2.4 percent, durable consumer goods by 2.2 percent, intermediate goods by 1.3 percent and energy by 1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Slovakia (+7.2 percent), Poland (+5.9 percent), Slovenia (+5.3 percent), Hungary (+5.2 percent) and Croatia (+5 percent)while decreases were observed in Malta (-3.6 percent), Luxembourg (-2.5 percent), Lithuania (-1.3 percent) and Latvia (-0.5 percent).
