In January this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 2.1 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU-28, as compared with December 2015, while industrial production in December had fallen by 0.5 percent in the euro area and by 0.6 percent in the EU-28, both on month-on-month basis. In January this year compared with January 2015, industrial production increased by 2.8 percent in the euro area and by 2.5 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 durable goods increased by 1.3 percent in the euro area and was up by one percent in the EU-28, while the production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 2.4 percent in the euro area and was up 1.5 percent in the EU-28. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods rose by 0.9 percent in the euro area and increased by one percent in the EU-28, month on month. In January this year, production of capital goods increased by 3.9 percent in the euro area and was up by 3.3 percent in the EU-28 area, while production of energy increased by 2.4 percent in the euro area and by two percent in the EU-28, all month on month.
Among the member states, in January the highest month-on-month increases were registered in Ireland (+12.7 percent), Estonia (+4.9 percent), Croatia (+3.2 percent) and Germany (+2.9 percent), and the highest decreases in Malta (-5.0 percent), Romania (-2.3 percent) and Finland (-2.1 percent).
As compared to the same month of 2015, in January this year production of non-durable consumer goods increased by 7.3 percent in the euro area and by 5.3 percent in the EU-28, while production of intermediate goods increased by 1.9 percent in the euro area and was up by 1.4 percent in the EU-28. In January this year, production of durable consumer goods increased by 3.2 percent in the euro area and by three percent in the EU-28, production of energy fell by 3.7 percent in the euro area and was down by 2.7 percent in the EU-28, while production of capital goods increased by 4.6 percent in the euro area and by 4.7 percent in the EU-28, all year on year.
Among the member states for which data are available, in January of the current year the largest year-on-year increases were registered in Ireland (+42.7 percent), Lithuania (+10.5 percent) and Croatia (+9.3 percent); and the largest decreases in Malta (-8.9 percent), the Netherlands (-3.9 percent) and Finland (-1.9 percent).