The FINANCIAL — In April 2015 compared with March 2015, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 rose by 0.1% in both the euro area2 (EA19) and the EU282, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 20153 industrial production decreased by 0.4% and 0.1% respectively.
In April 2015 compared with April 20144, industrial production increased by 0.8% in the euro area and by 1.2% in the EU28.
Monthly comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State
The increase of 0.1% in industrial production in the euro area in April 2015, compared with March 2015, is due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 1.0%, capital goods by 0.7% and intermediate goods by 0.3%, while non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.8% and energy by 1.6%.
In the EU28, the increase of 0.1% is due to production of capital goods rising by 0.6% and durable consumer goods by 0.5%, while intermediate goods were stable. Energy fell by 0.4% and non-durable consumer goods by 1.2%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Lithuania (+3.4%), Sweden (+2.2%) and Portugal (+2.1%), and the largest decreases in Croatia (-4.1%), Malta (-3.8%), Greece (-2.3%) and Poland (-2.1%).
Annual comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State
The increase of 0.8% in industrial production in the euro area in April 2015, compared with April 2014, is due to production of capital goods rising by 2.1%, durable consumer goods by 1.7% and both intermediate goods and energy by 0.2%, while non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.3%.
In the EU28, the increase of 1.2% is due to production of capital goods rising by 2.4%, durable consumer goods by 1.7%, energy by 1.1% and intermediate goods by 0.8%, while non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.8%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Latvia (+10.2%), Ireland (+9.8%) and Hungary (+6.3%). Decreases were recorded in Finland (-4.1%), the
Netherlands (-3.9%), Portugal (-1.1%) and Estonia (-0.2%).
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