In April this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.9 percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU-28, as compared with March. Industrial production in March had increased by 0.6 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28, on month-on-month basis. In April this year compared with April 2017, industrial production increased by 1.7 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 March, in April this year the production of capital goods increased by 1.9 percent in the euro area and by one percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods decreased by 1.2 percent in the euro area and by one percent in the EU-28. In April this year, the production of energy was down by five percent in the euro area and by 3.8 percent in the EU-28, and the production of durable goods fell by 2.2 percent in the euro area and by 1.9 percent in the EU-28, all month on month. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods moved down by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the member states, in April the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Ireland (9.1%), Romania (2.1%), and Denmark (0.8%), and the highest decreases in Lithuania (7.9%), the Netherlands (4.4%), and Greece (3.3%).
As compared to the same month of 2017, in April 2018 production of energy decreased by 0.7 percent in the euro area and remained unchanged in the EU-28. In the same month, production of intermediate goods rose by 0.8 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28, and production of capital goods increased by 4.3 percent in the euro area and by 4.7 percent in the EU-28, all year on year. In April this year, production of non-durable consumer goods moved up by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28 and production of durable consumer goods increased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and by 1.3 percent in the EU-28, all year-on-year basis.
Among the member states for which data are available, in April the largest year-on-year increases were registered in Slovenia (6.9%), Romania (6%) and Poland (5.9%), while decreases were observed in Malta (5.8%), Ireland (4.7%) and Croatia (1.3%).