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May 2011 compared with April 2011 Industrial production up by 0.1% in euro area Up by 0.4% in EU27

Reference: STAT/11/103 Event Date: 13/07/2011 Export pdf PDF word DOC
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STAT/11/103

13 July 2011

May 2011 compared with April 2011
Industrial production up by 0.1% in euro area
Up by 0.4% in EU27

In May 2011 compared with April 2011, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 grew by 0.1% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU272. In April3 production rose by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively.

In May 2011 compared with May 2010, industrial production increased by 4.0% in both zones.

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

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Monthly comparison

In May 2011 compared with April 2011, production of energy grew by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 0.6% and 1.0% respectively. Intermediate goods fell by 0.1% in the euro-area, but rose by 0.4% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods declined by 0.4% in the euro-area and by 0.3% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods dropped by 0.5% and 0.3% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eighteen and fell in five. The highest increases were registered in Lithuania (+5.0%), Slovenia (+4.1%), Portugal (+2.8%), the Czech Republic and Denmark (both +2.7%), and the largest decreases in Estonia (-2.5%), Latvia and Malta (both ‑1.3%).

Annual comparison

In May 2011 compared with May 2010, production of capital goods grew by 9.3% in both zones. Intermediate goods increased by 4.4% in the euro-area and by 5.0% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods gained 2.1% and 2.2% respectively. Durable consumer goods rose by 1.2% in the euro-area, but fell by 0.4% in the EU27. Production of energy decreased by 6.7% and 7.3% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eighteen and fell in five. The highest increases were registered in Estonia (+26.1%), the Czech Republic (+12.6%), Lithuania (+11.4%), Slovakia (+10.7%) and Latvia (+10.2%), and the largest decreases in Greece (-10.0%), the Netherlands (‑2.6%) and the United Kingdom (-1.1%).

  • Total industry excluding construction. According to the Council Regulation 1165/98 Eurostat publishes national seasonally adjusted data if available. For the other Member States (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 weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates can be found at:

http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/dsis/ebt/library?l=/sts_weights_public&vm=detailed&sb=Title

See file: EU_EA17_NEWS_RELEASE_WEIGHTINGS_2005_nace2 (NR ind_production)

  • The euro area (EA17) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, 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 with those issued in News Release 84/2011 of 15 June 2011. The monthly growth rates for April 2011 remain unchanged in both zones. The annual growth rates have been revised from +5.2% to +5.3% in the euro area and from +4.7% to +4.9% 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*

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

Mar-11

Apr-11

May-11

EA17

Total industry

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.1

Intermediate goods

-1.1

2.4

0.5

0.1

-0.1

-0.1

Energy

3.7

-4.7

-1.4

0.3

-4.0

0.9

Capital goods

2.8

-2.2

2.2

-0.6

0.6

0.6

Durable consumer goods

0.3

1.2

0.7

0.1

0.9

-0.5

Non-durable consumer goods

-0.4

-0.1

1.0

0.7

0.4

-0.4

EU27

Total industry

0.1

0.4

0.3

-0.1

0.1

0.4

Intermediate goods

-1.5

2.6

0.6

0.2

-0.3

0.4

Energy

2.9

-3.3

-1.6

-0.5

-2.9

0.4

Capital goods

2.8

-1.3

1.6

-0.6

0.3

1.0

Durable consumer goods

0.1

1.3

-0.3

0.3

0.4

-0.3

Non-durable consumer goods

-0.2

0.1

0.7

0.6

0.4

-0.3

Total industry

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

Mar-11

Apr-11

May-11

EA17

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.1

EU27

0.1

0.4

0.3

-0.1

0.1

0.4

Belgium

-1.6

0.3

2.0

1.4

-2.1

:

Bulgaria

-0.8

2.3

-1.5

1.1

1.6

-0.5

Czech Republic

-0.9

3.5

0.1

-0.9

0.5

2.7

Denmark

-0.6

3.9

-3.9

1.6

3.7

2.7

Germany

1.4

-0.1

1.6

0.9

-0.5

1.2

Estonia

2.9

3.8

-0.2

3.2

-0.5

-2.5

Ireland

1.7

0.8

-1.9

-1.4

1.2

0.5

Greece

0.5

-1.7

-1.0

-0.9

-3.3

0.5

Spain

-0.8

0.9

0.3

-1.2

0.0

0.4

France

0.5

0.9

0.6

-0.8

-0.6

2.0

Italy

0.1

-1.7

1.4

0.7

1.1

-0.6

Cyprus

-0.5

-1.2

2.0

-1.4

-0.5

:

Latvia

0.5

-1.9

0.6

1.6

3.4

-1.3

Lithuania

0.6

0.7

-0.7

-4.9

-0.3

5.0

Luxembourg

-0.5

-1.0

0.9

-0.3

0.2

1.8**

Hungary

-13.2

15.1

1.1

-3.6

0.7

:

Malta

2.6

2.1

0.9

-1.2

-0.5

-1.3

Netherlands

-0.2

-1.0

-0.5

-0.1

-1.2

0.6

Austria

0.5

2.9

-0.8

0.0

1.5

:

Poland

0.8

0.9

1.1

-0.5

1.7

1.7

Portugal

4.8

-3.8

2.3

0.8

-3.5

2.8

Romania

1.6

0.8

-0.2

-1.2

0.5

1.6

Slovenia

3.7

-4.5

2.1

2.9

-3.1

4.1

Slovakia

-1.3

2.5

-2.5

1.1

1.6

2.4

Finland

1.4

-4.4

1.6

0.5

1.2

1.9

Sweden

0.0

1.4

3.1

-0.1

-0.9

0.7

United Kingdom

0.1

0.5

-1.1

0.1

-1.8

0.9

Norway

0.8

-2.9

-1.2

-1.1

-2.0

-2.5

* Seasonally adjusted

** Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

Industrial production - annual variation

% change compared with same month of the previous year*

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

Mar-11

Apr-11

May-11

EA17

Total industry

9.1

6.4

7.8

5.9

5.3

4.0

Intermediate goods

8.2

9.9

10.3

7.9

5.6

4.4

Energy

7.3

-1.9

-2.8

-2.1

-5.6

-6.7

Capital goods

17.1

13.0

14.9

11.4

10.3

9.3

Durable consumer goods

2.9

2.3

3.4

2.6

4.7

1.2

Non-durable consumer goods

2.0

0.9

2.7

1.0

4.0

2.1

EU27

Total industry

8.6

6.7

7.5

5.2

4.9

4.0

Intermediate goods

8.2

10.2

10.4

7.7

5.4

5.0

Energy

5.1

-1.9

-2.5

-3.0

-5.2

-7.3

Capital goods

16.3

14.0

14.7

10.9

10.1

9.3

Durable consumer goods

2.2

2.4

1.4

1.5

2.2

-0.4

Non-durable consumer goods

2.4

1.6

2.9

0.5

4.2

2.2

Total industry

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

Mar-11

Apr-11

May-11

EA17

9.1

6.4

7.8

5.9

5.3

4.0

EU27

8.6

6.7

7.5

5.2

4.9

4.0

Belgium

11.1

9.9

8.2

9.0

3.5

:

Bulgaria

5.2

8.6

15.4

6.2

9.8

7.8

Czech Republic

9.5

13.9

13.0

8.7

7.6

12.6

Denmark

7.6

7.9

1.1

0.1

5.9

7.7

Germany

13.8

11.4

13.8

11.4

9.6

7.5

Estonia

35.2

29.3

31.7

33.2

30.8

26.1

Ireland

13.2

5.3

2.2

-4.2

8.6

0.3

Greece

-4.5

-6.1

-4.3

-8.2

-10.7

-10.0

Spain

-0.3

2.8

3.6

-0.5

-1.5

-0.4

France

7.1

4.9

6.2

3.0

2.6

4.0

Italy

6.3

0.4

2.4

3.4

3.8

1.8

Cyprus

-2.0

-6.2

0.3

-5.3

-2.7

:

Latvia

16.7

7.2

10.1

10.0

13.7

10.2

Lithuania

14.2

15.6

13.2

14.2

9.3

11.4

Luxembourg

7.1

2.7

2.7

0.2

-0.6

1.9**

Hungary

5.9

10.6

14.6

9.2

9.7

:

Malta

0.1

4.9

5.8

-0.2

3.0

0.2

Netherlands

5.0

-0.1

2.1

0.5

-1.4

-2.6

Austria

9.3

12.4

10.5

11.1

11.8

:

Poland

10.5

8.3

9.7

4.8

8.7

9.3

Portugal

4.5

0.0

2.6

-1.9

-1.7

-0.3

Romania

9.2

11.2

12.9

7.0

5.4

7.9

Slovenia

10.7

12.0

7.3

7.6

6.6

6.2

Slovakia

19.9

19.1

10.9

6.8

8.3

10.7

Finland

10.3

2.8

4.3

2.0

6.0

6.2

Sweden

11.3

10.8

17.2

13.7

10.4

8.2

United Kingdom

4.7

4.8

2.0

-0.9

-0.8

-1.1

Norway

-2.7

-6.4

-6.2

-6.5

-8.6

-12.4

* Working day adjusted

** Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

seasonally adjusted

(base year 2005)

05/10

06/10

07/10

08/10

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

EA17

97.8

97.6

97.7

99.0

98.3

99.0

100.6

100.8

100.8

101.3

101.4

101.6

101.7

EU27

98.0

98.2

98.3

99.3

98.9

99.3

100.7

100.8

101.2

101.5

101.4

101.5

101.9

BE

115.2

121.3

116.3

117.5

119.7

119.2

121.4

119.4

119.7

122.1

123.8

121.2

:

BG

96.1

98.3

97.7

99.1

100.6

100.4

101.4

100.7

103.0

101.4

102.6

104.3

103.8

CZ

109.8

110.5

111.7

113.8

115.2

115.4

117.4

116.3

120.3

120.5

119.5

120.1

123.4

DK

87.7

90.0

90.5

84.0

89.6

87.9

87.3

86.8

90.2

86.7

88.1

91.4

93.9

DE

104.4

103.6

104.2

105.5

105.0

107.9

107.3

108.8

108.7

110.4

111.4

110.8

112.1

EE

95.7

97.8

103.6

102.2

105.6

112.8

113.1

116.4

120.8

120.6

124.4

123.8

120.7

IE

109.5

111.0

113.4

108.0

110.6

108.0

108.7

110.5

111.4

109.3

107.8

109.1

109.6

EL

84.8

84.4

83.2

89.4

81.2

82.0

81.2

81.6

80.2

79.4

78.7

76.1

76.5

ES

85.4

85.2

84.7

85.2

84.1

84.4

85.3

84.6

85.4

85.7

84.6

84.6

85.0

FR

93.0

91.1

91.8

92.2

91.3

90.8

93.0

93.5

94.3

94.9

94.1

93.5

95.4

IT

88.5

88.8

89.1

90.6

88.3

88.1

89.2

89.3

87.8

89.0

89.6

90.6

90.1

CY

98.5

98.3

97.3

99.6

98.5

96.9

96.6

96.1

94.9

96.8

95.5

95.0

:

LV

94.6

96.1

100.7

102.5

101.1

103.8

101.5

102.0

100.1

100.7

102.3

105.7

104.3

LT

101.9

106.5

108.3

109.2

106.2

112.9

111.2

111.9

112.7

111.9

106.4

106.1

111.4

LU

90.8

89.1

89.4

91.2

89.3

89.2

91.0

90.6

89.7

90.6

90.3

90.5

92.2*

HU

109.1

109.7

108.8

110.8

111.9

110.7

115.1

99.9

115.0

116.3

112.1

112.9

:

MT

101.3

101.0

100.0

99.6

98.2

98.1

98.8

101.4

103.6

104.5

103.2

102.7

101.4

NL

106.5

103.1

103.1

103.5

101.0

104.9

106.4

106.2

105.1

104.6

104.5

103.2

103.8

AT

110.2

109.5

110.4

112.6

108.8

111.2

113.7

114.3

117.6

116.7

116.7

118.5

:

PL

132.8

134.5

134.6

136.8

137.5

136.8

136.4

137.5

138.7

140.2

139.5

141.9

144.3

PT

93.1

92.5

91.4

95.0

91.0

89.3

90.1

94.4

90.8

92.9

93.6

90.3

92.8

RO

122.2

123.7

123.6

123.9

124.6

125.5

127.9

129.9

131.0

130.8

129.2

129.8

131.9

SI

102.7

103.3

101.1

106.0

103.7

102.8

103.9

107.7

102.9

105.1

108.1

104.7

109.0

SK

142.8

146.5

139.1

144.0

145.9

146.7

152.2

150.2

154.0

150.2

151.9

154.4

158.1

FI

99.7

102.4

99.0

101.5

102.0

104.1

103.3

104.7

100.1

101.7

102.2

103.4

105.4

SE

93.2

94.4

97.1

93.4

94.1

94.2

96.7

96.7

98.1

101.1

101.0

100.1

100.8

UK

90.4

89.9

89.9

90.2

90.4

90.3

90.9

91.0

91.5

90.5

90.5

88.9

89.8

NO

91.1

87.8

85.4

80.9

83.2

89.9

87.9

88.6

86.0

85.0

84.1

82.4

80.3

* Estimated by Member State

: Data not available.

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

working day adjusted

(base year 2005)

05/08

05/09

05/10

06/10

07/10

08/10

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

EA17

107.9

88.7

97.7

100.9

99.1

80.8

102.6

105.6

105.8

96.7

96.9

99.4

109.2

100.1

101.6

EU27

107.6

89.7

98.0

101.3

97.8

84.0

103.0

105.8

106.0

97.4

97.2

99.0

108.8

100.0

101.9

BE

114.2

97.8

113.4

129.4

106.3

107.8

125.8

122.2

121.2

117.2

118.0

120.1

138.4

120.1

:

BG

123.6

95.7

96.1

102.3

101.5

98.3

103.5

105.0

107.4

107.1

94.9

95.0

105.3

101.9

103.6

CZ

130.1

103.8

115.0

116.5

106.3

106.5

126.3

127.4

131.6

113.4

116.4

114.3

125.0

120.5

129.5

DK

103.0

84.8

87.1

93.6

76.4

82.1

94.5

94.3

94.0

85.2

91.0

83.3

91.3

87.5

93.8

DE

110.9

90.3

102.3

105.2

103.6

97.2

110.5

113.5

114.7

104.1

102.6

106.5

118.6

109.5

110.0

EE

121.5

86.2

100.9

101.7

93.7

103.0

110.0

121.5

118.5

117.5

116.8

115.6

132.1

124.8

127.2

IE

113.9

107.4

115.5

117.4

105.6

98.4

107.5

106.0

108.1

100.2

115.5

112.5

116.8

113.3

115.9

EL

99.3

91.4

85.9

90.5

91.5

83.4

84.8

82.1

80.6

80.4

73.2

77.7

78.5

72.6

77.4

ES

103.8

82.5

85.2

89.6

91.6

63.1

85.5

87.4

90.5

77.8

83.9

84.2

90.9

84.8

84.9

FR

94.5

80.6

87.3

95.8

91.2

67.2

96.1

99.6

97.1

95.1

96.1

94.3

101.5

91.5

90.8

IT

112.0

87.6

95.0

92.9

100.0

51.4

95.1

97.8

94.8

77.8

81.7

89.8

97.4

89.6

96.7

CY

116.2

105.5

104.3

110.7

110.1

78.8

101.9

96.4

94.2

95.4

82.1

88.9

98.2

102.3

:

LV

107.3

83.5

93.9

95.3

97.9

103.9

102.4

113.5

106.5

103.1

93.3

93.1

101.1

107.4

103.4

LT

119.6

97.5

100.0

103.7

105.1

107.3

105.2

117.0

114.7

117.2

111.3

108.3

110.1

105.0

111.4

LU

105.3

82.3

96.5

91.7

89.8

76.8

90.2

95.2

94.5

83.1

90.2

86.9

94.2

92.4

98.3*

HU

122.7

95.4

109.0

111.9

104.3

101.4

118.4

122.2

127.0

101.5

105.8

108.5

117.0

109.2

:

MT

113.6

91.3

101.8

105.0

108.6

94.7

101.7

102.8

98.6

92.9

98.8

96.1

103.3

106.3

102.1

NL

97.9

88.3

99.3

97.9

91.1

87.0

96.3

109.2

115.9

116.4

115.7

109.2

115.7

98.9

96.7

AT

116.0

97.5

107.6

111.2

110.6

99.9

116.3

119.5

123.5

115.8

103.2

108.8

125.5

115.4

:

PL

121.8

118.3

132.0

138.0

131.2

130.5

144.8

146.2

141.8

132.6

129.9

131.7

147.0

140.5

144.3

PT

100.5

92.4

95.6

92.4

97.3

75.5

93.6

94.6

94.6

90.8

93.1

90.0

96.6

88.8

95.3

RO

134.1

122.7

129.6

130.9

128.1

111.9

130.7

135.8

135.8

117.2

116.9

122.3

135.1

126.7

139.8

SI

123.4

96.0

107.1

106.8

100.1

90.0

107.8

110.2

111.2

100.0

99.5

99.5

114.1

104.8

113.7

SK

150.7

114.4

147.5

148.2

129.3

134.6

150.9

158.7

167.5

139.9

145.7

142.3

159.6

152.6

163.3

FI

127.6

96.8

105.0

106.1

90.5

101.6

108.4

115.1

108.6

108.4

85.6

91.3

105.1

100.7

111.5

SE

111.5

86.1

97.2

102.2

75.8

82.7

98.1

97.0

101.4

102.1

95.6

101.0

108.6

103.0

105.2

UK

97.8

86.1

89.1

91.8

87.8

84.5

92.9

95.3

95.4

90.3

88.5

87.4

97.0

86.9

88.1

NO

98.4

90.6

89.7

81.6

76.8

78.4

79.3

94.8

93.6

92.2

93.2

86.3

89.8

79.1

78.6

* Estimated by Member State

: Data not available.

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