In January this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 1.4 percent in the euro area and by one percent in the EU-28, as compared with December. Industrial production in December had declined by 0.9 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28, on month-on-month basis. In January this year compared with January 2018, industrial production fell by 1.1 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 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 capital goods rose by 0.9 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods increased by two percent in the euro area and by one percent in the EU-28. In January this year, the production of energy was up by 2.4 percent in the euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28, and the production of durable goods rose by 1.1 percent in the euro area and by 1.3 percent in the EU-28, all month on month. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the member states, in January the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Ireland (15.1%), Crotia (9.6%) and Slovenia (5.9%), and the highest decreases in Denmark (8.6%), Latvia (3.6%) and Romania (1.5%).
As compared to the same month of 2018, in January 2019 production of energy decreased by four percent in the euro area and by 2.9 percent in the EU-28. In the same month, production of intermediate goods fell by 1.8 percent in the euro area and by 1.2 percent in the EU-28, and production of capital goods moved down by three percent in the euro area and by 2.4 percent in the EU-28, all year on year. In January this year, production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28 and production of durable consumer goods was down by 1.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU-28, all year-on-year basis.
Among the member states for which data are available, in January the largest year-on-year decreases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (6.2%), Luxembourg (4.2%) and Germany (3.4%), while the highest increases were observed in Slovakia (7.2%), Poland (6.1%) and Lithuania (5.9%).