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April 2010 compared with March 2010 Industrial production up by 0.8% in euro area Up by 0.5% in EU27

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STAT/10/83

14 June 2010

April 2010 compared with March 2010
Industrial production up by 0.8% in euro area
Up by 0.5% in EU27

In April 2010 compared with March 2010, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 grew by 0.8% in the euro area2 (EA16) and by 0.5% in the EU272. In March3 production increased by 1.5% and 1.4% respectively.

In April 2010 compared with April 2009, industrial production increased by 9.5% in the euro area and by 7.8% in the EU27.

These estimates are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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Monthly comparison

In April 2010 compared with March 2010, production of intermediate goods grew by 2.2% in the euro area and by 2.7% in the EU27. Capital goods rose by 1.1% and 0.7% respectively. Durable consumer goods fell by 0.1% in the euro area, but increased by 0.4% in the EU27. Production of energy declined by 0.9% and 0.2% respectively. Non-durable consumer goods dropped by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in twelve and fell in nine. The highest increases were registered in Lithuania (+6.0%), Estonia (+2.4%) and Denmark (+2.2%), and the largest decreases in Ireland (-10.9%), Portugal (-4.4%) and Greece (-3.4%).

Annual comparison

In April 2010 compared with April 2009, production of intermediate goods grew by 16.0% in the euro area and by 14.1% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 8.9% and 7.9% respectively. Production of energy rose by 6.9% in the euro area and by 5.0% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods gained 3.0% and 1.1% respectively. Durable consumer goods grew by 1.4% in the euro area and by 4.1% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eighteen and fell only in Greece (-6.4%), Ireland (-2.8%) and Bulgaria (-2.6%). The highest increases were registered in Estonia (+18.3%), the Netherlands (+14.7%) and Germany (+13.9%).

  • Total industry excluding construction. According to the Council Regulation 1165/98 Eurostat publishes national seasonally adjusted data if available. For the other Member States (Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Luxembourg) Eurostat performs the adjustment. This means that different methodologies are used to make the seasonal adjustment of the national series.

The seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the working day adjusted series from individual Member States and performing an adjustment for seasonal effects on these series. Therefore the seasonally adjusted figures for total industry (excluding construction) is based directly on the working day adjusted series coming from the Member States and not on an aggregation of the seasonally adjusted indices from the Member States. The euro area and EU seasonally adjusted growth rates might differ from the weighted growth rates of the individual Member States (see Methodology of the industrial production index). This procedure also implies that the aggregation of the overall figures is not based on the published details (intermediate, capital, durable, non-durable goods, energy).

Missing observations from Member States are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU aggregates.

  • The euro area (EA16) includes Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The EU27 includes Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).

  • Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 68/2010 of 12 May 2010. The monthly growth rates for March 2010 have been revised from +1.3% to +1.5% in the euro area and from +1.2% to +1.4% in the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from +6.9% to +7.7% in the euro area, and from +6.0% to +6.6% in the EU27.

Issued by: Eurostat Press Office

Tim ALLEN

Tel: +352-4301-33 444

eurostat.pressoffice@ec.europa.eu

For further information on data:

Digna AMIL

Tel: +352-4301-32 321

digna.amil@ec.europa.eu

Eurostat news releases on the internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

Selected Principal European Economic Indicators: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators

Industrial production - monthly variation

% change compared with previous month*

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

Apr-10

EA16

Total industry

1.4

0.8

2.0

0.8

1.5

0.8

Intermediate goods

0.8

-0.3

0.6

1.2

1.1

2.2

Energy

-2.4

3.1

2.8

-0.8

0.4

-0.9

Capital goods

1.7

0.1

-0.7

0.7

1.7

1.1

Durable consumer goods

2.1

-1.5

2.2

0.4

0.1

-0.1

Non-durable consumer goods

1.0

0.7

0.9

0.1

1.6

-1.2

EU27

Total industry

1.3

0.5

2.0

0.6

1.4

0.5

Intermediate goods

1.0

-0.4

0.1

1.2

0.8

2.7

Energy

-1.8

2.1

2.7

-2.0

0.5

-0.2

Capital goods

1.0

-0.1

0.2

0.6

1.5

0.7

Durable consumer goods

2.5

-0.6

2.0

0.6

-0.3

0.4

Non-durable consumer goods

1.0

0.2

1.3

-0.3

1.5

-1.6

Total industry

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

Apr-10

EA16

1.4

0.8

2.0

0.8

1.5

0.8

EU27

1.3

0.5

2.0

0.6

1.4

0.5

Belgium

1.1

0.2

-2.4

3.5

5.2

:

Bulgaria

0.6

-2.5

4.8

-5.7

4.1

-1.2

Czech Republic

0.2

0.2

2.7

-0.1

0.8

0.9

Denmark

2.2

-3.5

3.6

1.5

0.6

2.2

Germany

0.7

-0.8

1.1

-0.2

3.1

0.8

Estonia

2.8

-1.3

6.7

-1.8

3.4

2.4

Ireland

-5.7

-2.4

20.1

-1.3

1.7

-10.9

Greece

1.7

-1.5

-0.7

-3.4

3.4

-3.4

Spain

0.5

0.7

-1.2

-0.1

2.3

-0.3

France

1.4

-0.4

1.2

0.0

1.4

-0.4

Italy

0.7

-1.1

2.0

0.0

0.2

1.0

Cyprus

2.7

-3.1

0.1

-0.6

1.6

:

Latvia

9.1

-4.2

-1.3

-3.0

10.1

0.1

Lithuania

-2.5

2.0

-3.3

4.3

-6.2

6.0

Luxembourg

-1.1

3.0

-0.4

1.6

3.4

:

Hungary

-6.8

6.2

2.1

-1.5

-0.4

1.1

Malta

1.5

3.2

2.9

-3.8

1.3

:

Netherlands

0.4

1.6

3.6

-2.7

1.2

1.4

Austria

-1.4

0.8

0.6

-1.0

-1.9

:

Poland

4.2

-3.2

2.8

1.5

2.0

-2.1

Portugal

-2.0

1.3

-1.9

1.5

7.4

-4.4

Romania

0.3

-2.6

-1.2

-1.7

4.4

0.7

Slovenia

3.8

-0.9

-5.4

6.5

2.8

-2.6

Slovakia

2.1

-2.4

3.3

2.8

1.7

:

Finland

2.3

0.1

1.5

-1.6

2.0

1.3

Sweden

-0.4

1.9

2.6

-2.0

2.8

1.1

United Kingdom

0.4

0.9

-0.5

1.1

2.0

-0.3

Norway

0.4

-0.6

0.2

-0.5

-1.6

-0.7

* Seasonally adjusted

: Data not available

Industrial production - annual variation

% change compared with same month of the previous year*

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

Apr-10

EA16

Total industry

-7.0

-4.0

1.7

4.1

7.7

9.5

Intermediate goods

-5.8

-0.2

4.2

6.9

11.6

16.0

Energy

-5.1

-1.7

0.8

2.0

6.2

6.9

Capital goods

-13.5

-11.6

-0.4

3.0

4.8

8.9

Durable consumer goods

-7.9

-7.3

-2.7

0.9

1.7

1.4

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.0

0.0

1.9

2.9

6.3

3.0

EU27

Total industry

-6.2

-4.0

1.7

3.5

6.6

7.8

Intermediate goods

-5.9

-1.1

3.9

6.2

10.4

14.1

Energy

-6.1

-3.5

-1.0

0.0

3.8

5.0

Capital goods

-11.3

-9.7

0.8

3.6

5.2

7.9

Durable consumer goods

-5.0

-3.2

1.5

4.1

3.8

4.1

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.1

-0.9

1.5

1.6

4.5

1.1

Total industry

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

Apr-10

EA16

-7.0

-4.0

1.7

4.1

7.7

9.5

EU27

-6.2

-4.0

1.7

3.5

6.6

7.8

Belgium

-4.0

-5.4

-4.5

1.8

9.6

:

Bulgaria

-12.0

-12.1

-0.6

-9.8

-0.6

-2.6

Czech Republic

-2.6

-0.2

7.6

6.9

8.4

10.0

Denmark

-13.1

-17.7

-9.4

-4.8

-1.6

1.8

Germany

-8.7

-5.5

3.2

6.6

9.6

13.9

Estonia

-14.2

-10.7

2.5

4.8

11.1

18.3

Ireland

-12.6

-6.5

6.0

9.0

7.5

-2.8

Greece

-5.0

-6.9

-5.3

-10.7

-4.0

-6.4

Spain

-5.6

-1.4

-2.9

-1.9

5.7

2.4

France

-3.4

-2.9

2.8

4.0

7.7

9.0

Italy

-8.9

-5.8

-0.4

2.8

7.0

7.8

Cyprus

-6.7

-9.4

-1.3

-4.5

0.1

:

Latvia

-2.4

-3.5

6.1

4.4

11.4

9.7

Lithuania

-8.0

-7.2

-7.9

-0.8

1.3

5.0

Luxembourg

0.7

14.1

8.6

12.6

22.7

:

Hungary

-8.9

-1.2

5.2

8.1

2.9

9.7

Malta

-2.6

1.9

11.1

8.1

8.9

:

Netherlands

-1.5

2.7

5.8

6.2

9.3

14.7

Austria

-3.8

-3.2

-2.9

3.7

-1.0

:

Poland

10.0

4.9

11.0

10.2

11.4

8.6

Portugal

-5.5

-2.1

3.4

2.9

5.0

1.2

Romania

3.1

9.3

6.2

-0.4

6.2

4.2

Slovenia

-4.0

2.4

-8.7

1.3

6.2

9.8

Slovakia

1.1

11.7

21.0

20.7

19.3

:

Finland

-17.3

-7.3

5.7

0.9

3.4

7.6

Sweden

-11.7

-5.5

0.6

-1.3

5.0

7.1

United Kingdom

-5.3

-5.8

-0.5

0.2

1.2

0.7

Norway

-4.3

-6.4

-3.0

-6.2

-5.0

-4.5

* Working day adjusted

: Data not available

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

seasonally adjusted

(base year 2005)

04/09

05/09

06/09

07/09

08/09

09/09

10/09

11/09

12/09

01/10

02/10

03/10

04/10

EA16

89.0

88.6

88.8

89.1

89.5

90.2

90.5

91.7

92.5

94.3

95.0

96.5

97.3

EU27

90.1

89.6

89.9

90.1

90.6

90.9

91.3

92.5

92.9

94.7

95.3

96.6

97.1

BE

92.1

90.1

91.7

93.7

91.7

92.7

92.4

93.4

93.6

91.3

94.6

99.5

:

BG

97.8

96.9

96.5

96.4

96.5

93.2

95.4

95.9

93.5

98.0

92.4

96.2

95.1

CZ

99.7

98.7

101.5

100.0

103.4

102.9

104.6

104.8

104.9

107.8

107.6

108.5

109.5

DK

86.3

85.9

84.7

89.1

84.5

82.4

82.1

83.9

81.0

83.9

85.2

85.7

87.6

DE

87.6

91.8

93.1

92.0

93.6

96.8

95.2

95.9

95.1

96.1

95.9

98.9

99.7

EE

77.9

80.7

80.9

83.6

84.7

81.8

81.8

84.1

83.0

88.6

87.0

90.0

92.2

IE

103.3

101.0

105.8

108.6

96.7

105.4

101.5

95.7

93.4

112.2

110.7

112.6

100.3

EL

89.6

89.6

88.4

89.0

90.4

88.4

87.7

89.1

87.8

87.2

84.2

87.1

84.1

ES

84.2

82.2

83.0

83.0

84.3

83.5

84.0

84.4

85.1

84.0

83.9

85.9

85.6

FR

84.5

86.2

86.5

87.5

89.6

88.6

88.4

89.6

89.2

90.3

90.3

91.6

91.2

IT

80.7

82.3

82.0

84.4

83.2

83.8

84.5

85.1

84.2

85.9

85.9

86.1

87.0

CY

98.0

99.3

99.3

101.6

98.2

99.0

98.5

101.1

98.0

98.1

97.5

99.1

:

LV

86.8

85.3

86.6

85.7

87.5

86.2

86.2

94.0

90.1

88.9

86.2

95.0

95.0

LT

94.5

97.5

99.4

99.7

98.2

97.3

99.4

96.9

98.8

95.5

99.6

93.4

99.0

LU

77.2

78.7

81.2

79.0

80.8

87.2

85.3

84.4

86.9

86.6

88.0

91.0

:

HU

93.2

95.7

97.7

97.1

96.4

100.5

101.9

95.0

100.9

103.0

101.5

101.1

102.2

MT

100.0

92.9

93.5

95.9

95.2

93.4

98.2

99.7

102.9

105.9

101.9

103.2

:

NL

91.9

95.0

96.7

97.6

98.5

98.2

99.4

99.8

101.4

105.1

102.3

103.5

104.9

AT

98.7

98.2

99.0

100.8

100.7

100.8

104.1

102.6

103.4

104.0

103.0

101.0

:

PL

118.2

120.3

120.7

120.6

121.3

122.6

122.5

127.6

123.5

126.9

128.8

131.4

128.6

PT

91.5

90.1

89.7

90.5

95.1

92.8

91.1

89.3

90.5

88.8

90.1

96.8

92.5

RO

118.0

116.3

118.5

120.3

117.2

120.7

121.8

122.2

119.0

117.6

115.6

120.7

121.6

SI

89.8

92.2

94.0

92.3

95.9

98.9

94.9

98.5

97.6

92.3

98.3

101.1

98.5

SK

116.2

111.9

117.2

117.4

121.6

124.7

126.2

128.8

125.7

129.9

133.5

135.8

:

FI

90.6

89.7

91.8

91.2

93.3

92.0

91.9

94.0

94.1

95.5

94.0

95.9

97.1

SE

84.3

83.3

84.6

86.3

84.9

86.3

84.9

84.6

86.2

88.4

86.6

89.0

90.0

UK

88.0

87.6

87.9

88.3

85.7

86.8

86.8

87.2

87.9

87.5

88.5

90.3

90.0

NO

94.0

90.1

91.3

90.9

92.6

93.0

92.4

92.8

92.2

92.4

91.9

90.4

89.8

: Data not available.

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

working day adjusted

(base year 2005)

04/07

04/08

04/09

05/09

06/09

07/09

08/09

09/09

10/09

11/09

12/09

01/10

02/10

03/10

04/10

EA16

104.9

109.8

86.2

88.1

92.4

91.6

73.8

96.5

97.9

97.2

87.8

90.1

91.0

101.8

94.4

EU27

105.0

109.3

87.8

89.2

93.1

90.7

77.4

96.4

98.4

98.1

89.1

90.4

91.1

102.1

94.7

BE

104.6

114.1

90.6

87.7

97.8

86.7

84.7

99.2

100.0

94.0

90.5

85.9

91.3

107.5

:

BG

112.1

116.2

94.4

95.0

99.7

101.2

96.0

94.2

99.9

101.5

99.0

86.7

82.8

97.9

92.0

CZ

121.4

125.2

101.3

102.3

107.4

95.9

96.0

110.1

115.3

114.4

103.8

103.2

102.0

116.0

111.4

DK

97.5

99.8

83.2

84.9

87.6

74.4

82.3

86.2

88.5

90.7

79.1

84.4

82.4

90.2

84.7

DE

108.3

114.4

86.8

89.9

94.4

92.1

86.4

101.2

100.0

102.1

90.8

91.2

92.5

105.1

98.9

EE

119.6

120.8

78.6

85.7

84.7

75.8

86.0

85.7

88.0

88.3

83.8

84.7

82.6

95.0

93.0

IE

111.4

103.8

107.3

104.1

108.7

98.5

92.2

102.6

102.1

97.1

87.8

112.7

112.2

123.1

104.3

EL

101.0

101.5

88.4

91.4

95.4

99.4

84.3

94.4

87.2

87.9

84.2

78.0

81.7

86.3

82.7

ES

103.1

104.3

84.1

82.5

86.9

91.7

62.1

87.0

88.9

87.9

78.0

81.6

81.3

91.6

86.1

FR

99.9

104.1

83.3

81.1

92.4

87.2

66.4

94.2

95.9

93.2

89.4

91.8

88.9

99.7

90.8

IT

103.0

106.7

79.5

88.0

85.5

94.0

46.4

90.6

94.7

90.6

73.6

81.1

87.0

93.7

85.7

CY

112.3

120.7

109.1

105.5

110.6

115.5

75.4

100.3

98.0

98.1

97.3

87.9

89.7

101.8

:

LV

107.2

110.1

89.5

91.1

86.7

81.9

86.6

87.5

92.2

97.6

97.2

87.8

84.3

98.7

98.2

LT

107.1

122.9

92.3

95.6

100.2

100.0

97.2

98.7

98.8

98.4

103.2

94.7

95.2

96.9

96.9

LU

103.2

104.9

78.1

81.9

84.2

80.9

68.2

93.2

91.7

86.4

77.2

86.1

82.9

94.1

:

HU

112.9

121.5

90.6

95.4

99.6

93.3

88.0

106.5

112.7

111.0

95.4

95.0

94.8

106.0

99.4

MT

115.5

106.4

98.0

92.4

97.6

103.9

90.8

100.2

103.7

100.9

97.7

97.2

94.3

103.9

:

NL

97.4

107.9

88.3

88.3

91.9

86.5

82.9

93.9

102.9

108.7

110.9

115.4

106.6

114.3

101.3

AT

110.1

116.7

96.9

96.4

100.8

101.2

89.4

108.0

111.5

111.1

104.2

90.8

97.7

109.1

:

PL

120.7

131.6

119.1

118.5

122.5

117.3

115.3

129.1

132.6

132.8

120.1

118.7

121.3

140.0

129.3

PT

99.1

100.0

89.9

92.4

89.3

96.6

74.7

95.6

96.7

93.6

86.9

93.4

88.4

99.0

91.0

RO

117.0

126.1

116.7

124.5

122.2

122.7

107.2

125.2

131.7

127.0

112.4

108.7

108.3

125.0

121.6

SI

114.4

122.6

90.2

96.0

97.2

91.6

81.2

103.0

102.1

105.9

90.4

89.0

93.2

106.7

99.0

SK

123.8

145.0

114.9

114.6

116.5

108.7

113.7

131.7

138.3

142.5

115.0

121.2

126.5

147.3

:

FI

113.8

121.8

92.3

94.0

92.9

83.8

92.6

95.8

98.8

96.8

93.2

88.7

87.2

99.1

99.3

SE

110.2

111.4

87.2

86.1

90.6

65.9

75.1

89.9

88.6

89.1

91.7

86.4

86.3

95.8

93.4

UK

98.2

98.2

86.5

85.9

87.7

84.6

82.1

87.3

92.1

93.3

85.7

84.9

85.0

95.0

87.1

NO

97.9

94.5

90.7

90.2

85.2

83.3

90.1

89.0

97.3

98.2

95.0

99.6

91.8

95.9

86.6

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