In December last year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.1 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28, as compared with November, while industrial production in November had fallen by 0.5 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28 on month-on-month basis. In December last year compared with December 2014, industrial production decreased by 1.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU-28. Industrial production in 2015 rose by 1.4 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU-28 compared with 2014. These figures are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union.
As compared to November, in December last year production of durable goods increased by 1.4 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.5 percent in the EU-28, while production of non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.3 percent in the euro area and was up 0.1 percent in the EU-28, month on month. Meanwhile, production of intermediate goods fell by 0.3 percent in the euro area and decreased by 0.4 percent in the EU-28, month on month. In December 2015, production of capital goods decreased by 1.9 percent in the euro area and was down by 1.6 percent in the EU-28 area, while production of energy decreased by 2.4 percent in the euro area and by 2.8 percent in the EU-28, all month on month.
Among the member states, in December the highest month-on-month decreases were registered in Ireland (-4.3 percent), Lithuania and Sweden (both -3.3 percent), and the highest increases in Denmark (+2.9 percent), the Netherlands (+1.5 percent) and Greece (+1.4 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2014, in December last year production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.4 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28, while production of intermediate goods increased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and was up by 0.1 percent in the EU-28. In December last year, production of durable consumer goods increased by 0.8 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.5 percent in the EU-28, production of energy fell by 7.3 percent in the euro area and was down by 5.7 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods decreased by 2.6 percent in the euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28, all year on year.
Among the member states for which data are available, in December last year the largest year-on-year increases were registered in the Netherlands (-9.4 percent), Estonia (-8.8 percent) and Germany (-2.3 percent) and the highest increases in Ireland (+18.5 percent), Hungary (+6.9 percent) and Malta (+5.7 percent).