In April this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 1.1 percent in the euro area and by 1.3 percent in the EU-28, as compared with March, while industrial production in March had fallen by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28, both on month-on-month basis. In April this year compared with April 2015, industrial production increased by two percent in the euro area and by 2.5 percent 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 durable goods increased by 2.3 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.9 percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods grew by 1.6 percent in the euro area and was up 2.3 percent in the EU-28. In April this year, production of capital goods increased by 1.9 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.7 percent in the EU-28 area, while the production of intermediate goods increased by 0.4 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28, all month on month. Meanwhile, production of energy increased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the member states, in April the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Ireland (+6.7 percent), Portugal (+6.4 percent), Estonia (+5.9 percent) and Hungary (+5.4 percent), and the highest decreases in Croatia (-2.8 percent), Lithuania (-2.7 percent) and Latvia (-2.0 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2015, in April this year production of durable consumer goods increased by 1.5 percent in the euro area and by 2.2 percent in the EU-28, production of intermediate goods rose by 1.5 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.3 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods increased by 3.8 percent in the euro area and by 3.5 percent in the EU-28, all year on year. In April this year production of non-durable consumer goods increased by one percent in the euro area and by 2.4 percent in the EU-28, while production of energy grew by 1.3 percent in the euro area and was up by one percent in the EU-28, both on year-on-year basis.
Among the member states for which data are available, in April of the current year the largest year-on-year increases were registered in Slovakia (+7.2 percent), Poland (+5.9 percent), Slovenia (+5.3 percent), Hungary (+5.2 percent) and Croatia (+5.0 percent), and the largest decreases in Malta (-3.6 percent), Luxembourg (-2.5 percent), Lithuania (-1.3 percent) and Latvia (-0.5 percent).