In September this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU-28, as compared with August, while industrial production in August had declined 0.4 percent in the euro area and was down by 0.2 percent in the EU-28, both on month-on-month basis. In September this year compared with September 2014, industrial production increased by 1.7 percent in the euro area and by 1.8 percent 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 3.9 percent in the euro area and was down by 2.5 percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods fell by one percent in the euro area and by 0.6 percent in the EU-28. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods remained stable in the euro area and rose 0.1 percent in the EU-28, month on month. In September of the current year, production of capital goods decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and was up by 0.1 percent in the EU-28 area, while production of energy increased by 1.2 percent in the euro area and decreased by 0.2 percent in the EU-28, all month on month.
Among the member states, in September the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Croatia (+5.9 percent), Hungary (+2.9 percent), the Czech Republic (+2.6 percent) and Slovakia (+2.2 percent) and the largest decreases in Ireland (2.4 percent), Lithuania (-2.3 percent), and Greece (-1.9 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2014, in September this year production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 2.1 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU-28, while production of intermediate goods increased by 1.8 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.4 percent in the EU-28. In September of the current year, production of durable consumer goods increased by 2.6 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU-28, production of energy decreased by 1.4 percent in the euro area and was up by 0.1 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods increased by 2.2 percent in the euro area and by 2.7 percent in the EU-28, all year on year.
Among the member states for which data are available, in August this year the largest year-on-year decreases were registered in the Netherlands (-5.6 percent), Estonia (-4.1 percent), and Lithuania (-0.6 percent) and the highest increases in Ireland (+14.6 percent), Hungary (+7.9 percent), Slovakia (+7.2 percent) and Sweden (+7.1 percent).