In April 2017 compared with March 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 0.5 percent in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2 percent in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2017 industrial production rose by 0.2 percent in euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU28. In April 2017 compared with April 2016, industrial production increased by 1.4 percent in both the euro area and the EU28.
The increase of 0.5 percent in industrial production in the euro area in April 2017, compared with March 2017, is due to production of energy rising by 4.7 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.6 percent, non-durable consumer goods by 0.2 percent and intermediate goods by 0.1 percent, while production of capital goods fell by 0.7 percent. In the EU28, the increase of 0.2 percent is due to production of energy rising by 3.6 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.2 percent, while production of durable consumer goods fell by 0.1 percent and capital goods by 0.8 percent. Production of intermediate goods remained stable. Among Member States for which data are available the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (+7.7 percent), Malta (+2.9 percent) and Portugal (+2.0 percent), and the largest decreases in Slovakia (-10.9 percent), Luxembourg (-3.1 percent) and Greece (-2.9 percent).
The increase of 1.4 percent in industrial production in the euro area in April 2017, compared with April 2016, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 4.6 percent, intermediate goods by 3.0 percent, capital goods by 1.0 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.6 percent, while production of energy fell by 0.1 percent. In the EU28, the increase of1.4 percent is due to production of intermediate goods rising by 3.8 percent, durable consumer goods by 3.7 percent, capital goods by 1.7 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 0.2 percent, while production of energy fell by 0.9 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Latvia (+9.6 percent), Estonia (+9.5 percent) and Slovenia (+7.8 percent), and the largest decreases in Luxembourg (-3.3 percent) and Slovakia (-3.2 percent).
