In January this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.9 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28, as compared with December, while industrial production in December had fallen by 1.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU-28, both on month-on-month basis. In January this year compared with January last year, industrial production increased by 0.6 percent in the euro area and by 1.3 percent in the EU-28. These figures are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union.
As compared to December, in January this year the production of durable goods decreased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and was down by 0.9 percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods decreased by 0.7 percent in the euro area and was down 1.5 percent in the EU-28. In January this year, production of capital goods increased by 2.8 percent in the euro area and by 2.4 percent in the EU-28, while the production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.4 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28, all month on month. Meanwhile, production of energy rose by 1.9 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the member states, in January the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Ireland (+3.4%), Germany (+3.3%) and Greece (+2.5%), and the highest decreases in Croatia (-6.8%), Denmark (-4.6%) and Bulgaria (-3.9%).
As compared to the same month of 2016, in January this year production of durable consumer goods increased by 1.5 percent in the euro area and was up by 2.0 percent in the EU-28, production of intermediate goods rose by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods decreased by 0.8 percent in the euro area and rose by 0.8 percent in the EU-28, all year on year. In January this year, production of non-durable consumer goods decreased by 2.6 percent in the euro area and by 2.2 percent in the EU-28, while production of energy grew by 6.9 percent in the euro area and was up by 5.6 percent in the EU-28, both on year-on-year basis.
Among the member states for which data are available, in January the largest year-on-year increases were registered in Lithuania (+8.4%), Greece (+7.4%) and Estonia (+6.7%), and the largest decreases in Ireland (-8.6%), Bulgaria (-1.2%) and Luxembourg (-0.9%).