Compared with the same month a year ago, seasonally adjusted industrial production in October rose by 1.9 percent in the euro area (EA19) and by 2.4 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In October compared with September, industrial production increased by 0.6 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU28. In October, industrial production fell by 0.3 percent in the euro area and remained stable in the EU28.
The increase of 0.6 percent in industrial production in the euro area in October 2015, compared with September 2015, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 1.8 percent, capital goods by 1.4 percent, energy by 0.6 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.4 percent, while production of intermediate goods fell by 0.1 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 0.5 percent is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 1.2 percent, capital goods by 1 percent, energy by 0.8 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 0.2 percent and intermediate goods by 0.1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Lithuania (+11.3 percent), the Netherlands (+4.3 percent), Portugal (+3.9 percent) and Ireland (+3.4 percent), and the largest decreases in Greece (-1.2 percent), Denmark and Finland (both -0.9 percent).
Annual comparison
The increase of 1.9 percent in industrial production in the euro area in October 2015, compared with October 2014, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 4.2 percent, capital goods by 3.5 percent, intermediate goods by 1.5 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 0.7 percent and energy by 0.2 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 2.4 percent is due to production of capital goods rising by 4 percent, durable consumer goods by 3.3 percent, intermediate goods by 1.6 percent, energy by 1.2 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 1 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (+14.6 percent), Lithuania (+6.5 percent), the Czech Republic and Croatia (both +6.4 percent), and the largest decreases in the Netherlands (-2.6 percent), Estonia (-2.1 percent) and Greece (-1.9 percent).
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