In November last year, seasonally-adjusted industrial
production increased by 1.8 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 percent in the EU-28 as compared with October, while industrial
production in October had decreased by 0.8 percent and by 0.5 percent month on month in the respective areas. In November last year compared with November 2012, industrial
production increased by three percent in both areas. These figures are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the
European Union.
As compared to last October, in November of the past year the
production of capital goods increased by three percent in the euro area and by 2.6 percent in the EU-28. Meanwhile, in the given month,
production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 1.4 percent in the euro area and by 0.9 percent in the EU-28, while
production of intermediate goods increased by one percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU-28. In November last year, durable consumer goods increased by 2.2 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 percent in the EU-28, while
production of energy rose 1.8 percent in the euro area and by 1.2 percent in the EU-28, all month on month.
Among member states for which data are available, in November last year industrial
production rose in 16 states, fell in six and remained stable in three. The highest increases were registered in
Ireland (+11.7 percent),
Sweden (+6.4 percent),
Malta (+3.8 percent),
Croatia (+3.0 percent), the
Netherlands (+2.5 percent) and
Germany (+2.4 percent), and the largest decreases in
Lithuania (-3.5 percent),
Denmark (-3.0 percent) and
Greece (-2.2 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2012, in November last year
production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 3.1 percent in the euro area and by 2.7 percent in the EU-28, while
production of intermediate goods rose by 3.3 percent in the euro area and by 3.5 percent in the EU-28.
Production of durable consumer goods dropped by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU-28.
Production of energy dropped by 0.5 percent in euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28, while
production of capital goods increased by 4.4 percent and by 4.7 percent in the respective areas, all year on year.
Among the member states for which data are available, in November last year industrial
production fell in six states and rose in 19, on year-on-year basis. The largest decreases were registered in
Malta (-8.6 percent) and
Greece (-6.2 percent), and the highest increases in
Ireland (+13.2 percent),
Slovakia (+12.7 percent), the Czech Republic (+8.8 percent) and Romania (+8.7 percent).