In September this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU-28, as compared with August, while industrial production in August had risen by 1.8 percent both in the euro area and by 1.6 in the EU-28, both on month-on-month basis. In September this year compared with September 2015, industrial production increased by 1.2 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28. These figures are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union.
As compared to August, in September this year the production of durable goods decreased by 5.6 percent in the euro area and was down by 3.7 percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and was down 0.4 percent in the EU-28. In September this year, production of capital goods decreased by 2.2 percent in the euro area and 1.6 percent in the EU-28, while the production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU-28, all month on month. Meanwhile, production of energy declined by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.6 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the member states, in September the highest month-on-month decreases were registered in Denmark (-8.1 percent), Germany (-1.9 percent) and Greece (-1.8 percent), and the highest increases in Sweden (+7.6 percent), Ireland (+6.4 percent) and Estonia (+5.2 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2015, in September this year production of durable consumer goods decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and was up by 0.9 percent in the EU-28, production of intermediate goods rose by 1.3 percent in the euro area and by 1.6 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods increased by 1.2 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 percent in the EU-28, all year on year. In September this year, production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.9 percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU-28, while production of energy grew by 0.7 percent in the euro area and was down by 0.1 percent in the EU-28, both on year-on-year basis.
Among the member states for which data are available, in September of the current year the largest year-on-year increases were registered in Lithuania (+7.9 percent), Slovenia (+7.4 percent) and Estonia (+6.5 percent), and the largest decreases in Denmark (-3.2 percent), France (-1.0 percent) and Ireland (-0.9 percent).