In June this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.6 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28, as compared with May, while industrial production in May had fallen by 1.2 percent in the euro area and by 1.1 percent in the EU-28, both on month-on-month basis. In June this year compared with June 2015, industrial production increased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28. These figures are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union.
As compared to May, in June this year the production of durable goods increased by one percent in the euro area and was up by 0.9 percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods grew by 0.7 percent in the euro area and was up 0.1 percent in the EU-28. In June this year, production of capital goods increased by 1.3 percent in both regions, while the production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU-28, all month on month. Meanwhile, production of energy decreased by 0.6 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU-28, month on month.
Among the member states, in June the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Ireland (+7.1 percent), Bulgaria (+3.9 percent) and Greece (+3.8 percent), and the highest decreases in Estonia (-3.1 percent), Hungary (-2.3 percent) and Malta (-1.6 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2015, in June this year production of durable consumer goods increased by 0.9 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.3 percent in the EU-28, production of intermediate goods rose by 0.4 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods increased by 1.1 percent in the euro area and by 1.4 percent in the EU-28, all year on year. In June this year, production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.9 percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU-28, while production of energy narrowed by 3.5 percent in the euro area and was down by 3.1 percent in the EU-28, both on year-on-year basis.
Among the member states for which data are available, in June of the current year the largest year-on-year increases were registered in Latvia (+7.9 percent), Greece (+7.6 percent) and Slovenia (+6.1 percent), and the largest decreases in Malta (-8.5 percent), Estonia (-4.6 percent) and Sweden (-3.1 percent).