In August this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 1 percent into the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28 as compared with July, while industrial production in July had decreased by 1 percent and 0.6 percent month on month in the respective areas. In August this year compared with August 2012, industrial production decreased by 2.1 percent in euro areas and by 1.6 percent in the EU-28. These figures are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union.
As compared to July this year, in August the production of capital goods increased by 2.4 percent in the euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28. Meanwhile, non-durable consumer goods gained 0.5 percent in the euro area and decreased by 0.3 percent in the EU-28.The production of intermediate goods increased by 0.9 percent in the euro area and 0.8 percent in the EU-28. In August this year, durable consumer goods increased by 0.8 percent in the euro area but fell by 0.9 percent in the EU-28, while production of energy increased by 0.4 percent in euro area and 0.2 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the Member States for which data are available, in August this year industrial production rose in 13 states and fell in 10. The highest increases were registered in Portugal (+8.2 percent), Malta (+7.2 percent) and the Czech Republic (+4.7 percent), and the largest decreases in Estonia (-3.5 percent), Sweden (-2.8 percent) and Latvia (-2.0 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2012, in August this year production of durable consumer goods declined by 6.1 percent in the euro area and by 3.9 percent in the EU-28, while intermediate goods fell by 2.8 percent in the euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28. Production of non-durable consumer goods dropped by 1.8 percent in both zones. Production of energy fell by 3.0 percent in euro area and by 4.1 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods decreased by 1.4 in the euro area and by 0.7 in the EU-28.
Among the Member States for which data are available, in August this year industrial production fell in 14 states and rose in nine, on year-on-year basis. The largest decreases were registered in Sweden (-7.9 percent), Greece (-7.5 percent), Ireland (-5.9 percent) and Italy (-4.6 percent), and the highest increases in Romania (+6.0 percent), Slovakia (+4.3 percent) and the Czech Republic (+4.2 percent).