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February 2011 compared with January 2011 Industrial production up by 0.4% in euro area Up by 0.2% in EU27

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STAT/11/54

13 April 2011

February 2011 compared with January 2011
Industrial production up by 0.4% in euro area
Up by 0.2% in EU27

In February 2011 compared with January 2011, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 grew by 0.4% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.2% in the EU272. In January3 production rose by 0.2% and 0.5% respectively.

In February 2011 compared with February 2010, industrial production grew by 7.3% in the euro area and by 7.0% in the EU27.

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

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Monthly comparison

In February 2011 compared with January 2011, production of non-durable consumer goods grew by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU27. Capital goods rose by 0.6% and 0.3% respectively. Intermediate goods increased by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods gained 0.4% in the euro area, but fell by 0.3% in the EU27. Production of energy declined by 0.6% and 0.8% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in thirteen and fell in ten. The highest increases were registered in Portugal and Slovenia (both +1.7%), Germany, Italy and Poland (all +1.4%), and the largest decreases in Malta (-5.8%), Denmark (-2.7%) and Ireland (-2.5%).

Annual comparison

In February 2011 compared with February 2010, production of capital goods grew by 13.8% in the euro area and by 13.7% in the EU27. Intermediate goods increased by 10.1% in both zones. Durable consumer goods rose by 4.3% in the euro area and by 1.5% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods gained 2.5% and 2.8% respectively. Production of energy fell by 3.3% in the euro area and by 2.8% in the EU27.

Industrial production rose in all the Member States for which data are available, except Greece (-4.6%) and Ireland (-0.4%). The highest increases were registered in Estonia (+31.3%), Sweden (+15.9%), Bulgaria (+15.2%), Lithuania (+13.7%) and Germany (+13.4%), and the smallest in the Netherlands (+0.4%) and Denmark (+0.5%).

  • 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 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

  • 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 to those issued in the News Release 39/2011 of 14 March 2011. The monthly growth rates for January 2011 have been revised from +0.3% to +0.2% in the EA17 and from +0.6% to +0.5% in the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from +6.6% to +6.3% in the EA17, and from +6.8% to +6.6% in the EU27.

  • Belgian data have been supplied using the NACE rev 2 classification for the first time this month. For the moment, these data should be considered provisional. This change has resulted in revisions to data published previously, which had been estimated by Eurostat on the basis of data supplied by Belgium using the old classification (NACE rev 1.1).

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*

Sep-10

Oct-10

Nov-10

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

EA17

Total industry

-0.7

0.8

1.5

0.2

0.2

0.4

Intermediate goods

-1.1

0.3

2.0

-1.0

2.7

0.5

Energy

-1.3

1.2

1.9

2.6

-3.7

-0.6

Capital goods

-0.9

1.8

1.6

1.4

-0.2

0.6

Durable consumer goods

-2.3

0.1

0.8

-0.7

1.8

0.4

Non-durable consumer goods

-0.4

0.4

0.7

-0.3

-0.4

0.9

EU27

Total industry

-0.3

0.5

1.3

0.1

0.5

0.2

Intermediate goods

-0.7

0.1

1.9

-1.4

2.8

0.4

Energy

-0.9

0.3

1.1

2.0

-2.7

-0.8

Capital goods

-0.3

0.9

1.4

1.4

0.8

0.3

Durable consumer goods

-2.0

0.2

-0.8

0.0

1.5

-0.3

Non-durable consumer goods

-0.4

0.3

0.4

-0.2

-0.2

0.7

Total industry

Sep-10

Oct-10

Nov-10

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

EA17

-0.7

0.8

1.5

0.2

0.2

0.4

EU27

-0.3

0.5

1.3

0.1

0.5

0.2

Belgium4

0.7

0.0

-0.8

-1.0

0.1

:

Bulgaria

1.5

-0.3

1.1

-0.8

2.3

-1.4

Czech Republic

0.8

0.6

1.6

-0.6

3.2

0.2

Denmark

5.3

-1.9

-0.7

-1.1

2.1

-2.7

Germany

-0.7

2.8

-0.6

1.0

0.4

1.4

Estonia

3.4

6.8

0.4

3.0

3.5

-0.1

Ireland

2.3

-2.4

0.3

1.8

0.1

-2.5

Greece

-9.0

1.2

-0.8

0.7

-1.2

-1.0

Spain

-1.9

0.4

2.5

-1.1

1.1

0.3

France

-0.1

-0.8

2.4

0.3

0.8

0.4

Italy

-2.5

-0.3

1.2

0.1

-1.7

1.4

Cyprus

-1.3

-1.8

-0.5

-0.7

-1.4

:

Latvia

-1.7

2.8

-2.5

0.1

-2.4

0.5

Lithuania

-2.7

6.3

-1.5

0.6

0.7

-0.3

Luxembourg

-1.4

0.0

2.3

-0.1

1.4

1.1**

Hungary

1.0

-1.1

4.1

-13.3

15.3

:

Malta

-3.4

3.0

0.3

0.7

10.8

-5.8

Netherlands

-2.5

3.9

1.5

-0.4

-0.9

-1.6

Austria

-3.4

2.2

2.2

0.4

2.7

:

Poland

0.5

-0.5

-0.3

0.8

0.9

1.4

Portugal

-4.2

-1.9

0.9

4.4

-3.7

1.7

Romania

0.6

0.7

1.9

1.6

0.8

0.3

Slovenia

-2.3

-0.9

0.8

4.3

-3.7

1.7

Slovakia

1.2

0.6

3.7

-1.1

1.2

-1.3

Finland

0.5

2.0

-0.8

1.3

-3.4

0.9

Sweden

0.6

0.0

3.0

-0.5

2.8

1.3

United Kingdom

0.2

-0.1

0.7

0.3

0.7

-0.8

Norway

2.6

8.7

-2.2

0.9

-2.7

:

* Seasonally adjusted

** Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

Industrial production - annual variation

% change compared with same month of the previous year*

Sep-10

Oct-10

Nov-10

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

EA17

Total industry

5.7

7.2

8.2

8.9

6.3

7.3

Intermediate goods

7.3

7.4

8.0

8.0

10.2

10.1

Energy

0.8

1.3

5.6

6.1

-2.5

-3.3

Capital goods

8.6

12.8

13.0

17.0

12.7

13.8

Durable consumer goods

0.8

1.9

0.9

2.4

2.6

4.3

Non-durable consumer goods

2.0

3.5

4.2

2.5

0.6

2.5

EU27

Total industry

6.1

7.0

7.6

8.4

6.6

7.0

Intermediate goods

7.5

7.8

8.4

8.0

10.5

10.1

Energy

0.7

0.5

3.5

4.4

-2.4

-2.8

Capital goods

9.8

11.9

11.9

16.0

13.9

13.7

Durable consumer goods

3.1

2.9

1.4

1.8

2.4

1.5

Non-durable consumer goods

2.5

3.8

3.9

2.9

1.5

2.8

Total industry

Sep-10

Oct-10

Nov-10

Dec-10

Jan-11

Feb-11

EA17

5.7

7.2

8.2

8.9

6.3

7.3

EU27

6.1

7.0

7.6

8.4

6.6

7.0

Belgium4

8.3

5.6

11.2

9.9

7.4

:

Bulgaria

8.7

4.7

5.6

5.2

8.6

15.2

Czech Republic

11.6

10.3

12.4

9.2

13.5

13.0

Denmark

9.5

6.8

3.7

7.6

4.9

0.5

Germany

8.4

12.7

11.5

13.2

11.4

13.4

Estonia

28.5

34.7

31.5

35.2

29.1

31.3

Ireland

10.7

7.2

17.1

13.2

3.4

-0.4

Greece

-10.2

-5.9

-8.4

-4.8

-5.8

-4.6

Spain

-1.7

-1.7

3.0

-0.3

2.9

3.6

France

4.1

5.1

5.7

7.5

5.0

6.0

Italy

5.5

3.8

5.2

6.3

0.4

2.3

Cyprus

1.4

-1.6

-4.0

-2.1

-6.2

:

Latvia

21.8

23.2

14.5

16.6

6.5

9.6

Lithuania

8.2

19.0

16.8

14.2

15.6

13.7

Luxembourg

-3.7

3.3

8.3

7.3

8.1

8.1**

Hungary

11.2

8.4

14.6

5.8

10.7

:

Malta

5.6

1.5

1.4

-1.0

9.9

1.7

Netherlands

2.6

6.1

6.6

5.0

0.1

0.4

Austria

6.1

7.4

10.5

9.3

12.4

:

Poland

12.1

10.0

6.8

10.5

8.3

9.8

Portugal

-2.0

-2.2

1.0

4.1

-0.5

1.5

Romania

4.1

4.1

6.1

9.2

11.2

12.7

Slovenia

5.0

8.2

5.0

11.1

12.4

7.8

Slovakia

13.2

13.1

17.5

19.9

17.3

10.8

Finland

8.1

12.1

8.0

10.2

4.9

5.1

Sweden

9.1

9.4

13.8

10.6

12.0

15.9

United Kingdom

4.5

3.2

2.6

4.7

5.2

2.3

Norway

-10.9

-2.6

-4.7

-2.7

-6.4

:

* Working day adjusted

** Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

seasonally adjusted

(base year 2005)

02/10

03/10

04/10

05/10

06/10

07/10

08/10

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

EA17

94.3

95.8

96.4

97.6

97.6

97.6

98.9

98.2

99.0

100.5

100.7

100.9

101.3

EU27

94.7

96.4

96.7

97.9

98.1

98.2

99.2

98.9

99.3

100.6

100.8

101.3

101.4

BE4

110.5

112.4

112.6

113.5

114.5

114.0

115.6

116.4

116.5

115.5

114.4

114.6

:

BG

87.5

96.2

95.5

96.1

98.3

97.7

99.1

100.6

100.4

101.4

100.7

103.0

101.6

CZ

106.8

107.9

109.4

109.6

110.3

111.8

113.5

114.4

115.1

116.9

116.2

119.9

120.2

DK

85.3

87.0

86.4

88.7

90.1

90.6

85.0

89.5

87.8

87.2

86.2

88.0

85.6

DE

97.0

100.0

101.1

104.3

103.9

104.2

105.6

104.9

107.8

107.2

108.3

108.7

110.2

EE

91.7

93.7

94.8

95.6

97.7

103.4

102.0

105.5

112.7

113.1

116.5

120.6

120.5

IE

107.8

107.7

105.0

109.5

111.1

113.5

108.0

110.5

107.9

108.2

110.1

110.2

107.5

EL

84.0

85.5

83.4

84.1

83.9

82.9

89.4

81.3

82.3

81.7

82.2

81.2

80.4

ES

83.4

85.5

85.4

84.8

85.2

83.9

85.1

83.5

83.8

86.0

85.0

86.0

86.3

FR

90.3

91.4

90.8

93.0

91.6

92.4

92.6

92.5

91.8

94.0

94.3

95.1

95.5

IT

86.8

86.6

87.6

88.4

88.8

89.1

90.6

88.3

88.0

89.1

89.2

87.7

88.9

CY

98.6

100.2

97.6

98.8

98.5

97.4

99.5

98.3

96.5

96.0

95.3

94.0

:

LV

90.4

92.4

94.2

94.7

96.4

101.0

102.8

101.0

103.8

101.2

101.3

98.9

99.4

LT

99.1

93.7

98.3

101.9

106.5

108.3

109.2

106.2

112.9

111.2

111.9

112.7

112.4

LU

87.5

88.4

89.4

90.5

88.9

89.5

91.2

89.9

89.9

92.0

91.9

93.2

94.2*

HU

101.8

102.4

102.8

109.1

109.7

108.8

110.8

111.9

110.7

115.2

99.9

115.2

:

MT

102.5

101.6

103.9

102.9

99.6

100.7

99.9

96.6

99.4

99.8

100.5

111.4

104.9

NL

102.9

104.2

104.3

106.6

103.2

103.2

103.6

101.0

104.9

106.5

106.1

105.1

103.4

AT

105.5

104.2

106.1

110.3

109.6

110.5

112.7

108.9

111.3

113.8

114.3

117.4

:

PL

128.1

132.6

130.1

132.8

134.5

134.6

136.8

137.5

136.8

136.4

137.5

138.7

140.7

PT

90.1

96.6

92.1

93.4

92.7

91.6

95.0

91.0

89.3

90.1

94.1

90.6

92.1

RO

116.6

120.8

121.3

122.2

123.7

123.6

123.9

124.6

125.5

127.9

129.9

131.0

131.4

SI

98.2

100.7

98.0

102.8

103.3

101.1

106.0

103.6

102.7

103.5

108.0

104.0

105.8

SK

135.3

141.7

142.2

143.1

146.4

139.3

144.0

145.7

146.6

152.0

150.4

152.2

150.2

FI

96.3

99.0

96.7

100.4

102.7

99.2

101.7

102.2

104.2

103.4

104.7

101.1

102.0

SE

87.3

89.7

90.9

93.5

94.5

97.0

93.4

94.0

94.0

96.8

96.3

99.0

100.3

UK

88.5

90.4

89.7

90.1

89.8

89.7

90.1

90.2

90.2

90.8

91.1

91.7

91.0

NO

92.3

90.5

89.8

89.1

87.7

85.3

80.6

82.7

89.9

87.9

88.7

86.3

:

* Estimated by Member State

: Data not available.

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

working day adjusted

(base year 2005)

02/08

02/09

02/10

03/10

04/10

05/10

06/10

07/10

08/10

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

EA17

108.5

88.0

92.3

103.1

95.1

97.7

101.0

99.1

80.8

102.6

105.6

105.6

96.4

96.8

99.0

EU27

107.9

88.6

92.2

103.5

95.4

98.0

101.4

97.8

84.0

103.0

105.7

105.8

97.2

97.2

98.6

BE4

115.8

96.5

109.0

125.2

113.7

110.6

125.5

102.6

105.3

122.5

119.8

117.1

113.5

112.9

:

BG

109.8

91.5

82.3

99.2

92.8

96.1

102.3

101.5

98.3

103.5

105.0

107.4

107.1

94.9

94.8

CZ

118.0

95.4

101.1

115.1

111.0

112.2

115.8

106.4

106.3

122.9

127.2

128.6

113.4

116.7

114.3

DK

99.7

86.7

82.5

91.2

82.7

87.1

93.6

76.4

82.3

94.3

94.4

94.2

85.1

88.5

82.9

DE

110.7

87.5

93.7

106.4

99.9

102.3

105.4

103.6

97.3

110.4

113.4

114.5

103.6

102.7

106.3

EE

112.9

85.1

87.8

99.2

95.4

100.9

101.7

93.7

103.0

110.0

121.5

118.5

117.5

116.6

115.3

IE

109.2

106.3

110.1

121.9

105.1

115.5

117.4

105.6

98.4

107.5

106.0

108.1

100.2

113.4

109.7

EL

96.4

91.5

81.1

85.6

81.3

85.9

90.5

91.5

83.4

84.8

82.1

80.6

80.1

73.4

77.4

ES

106.8

82.9

81.3

91.4

86.1

85.2

89.6

91.6

63.1

85.5

87.4

90.5

77.8

84.0

84.2

FR

102.2

85.2

89.3

99.1

89.8

87.9

96.6

91.9

67.8

97.1

100.2

97.7

95.5

96.5

94.7

IT

107.9

84.2

87.7

94.2

86.3

95.1

92.9

100.0

51.4

95.1

97.8

94.8

77.8

81.7

89.7

CY

100.2

94.3

88.7

103.8

103.9

104.3

110.7

110.3

79.0

102.1

96.6

94.4

95.4

82.2

:

LV

107.4

82.2

84.6

91.9

94.5

93.9

95.3

97.9

103.9

102.4

113.5

106.5

103.0

92.7

92.7

LT

112.3

96.5

95.7

96.4

96.1

100.0

103.7

105.1

107.3

105.2

117.0

114.7

117.2

111.3

108.8

LU

97.2

73.7

84.5

93.6

92.7

96.3

91.5

89.8

75.8

90.1

95.0

94.2

83.3

94.7

91.4*

HU

117.2

87.6

94.8

107.0

99.5

109.0

111.9

104.3

101.4

118.4

122.2

127.0

101.4

105.9

:

MT

114.2

85.7

91.6

104.7

103.5

103.8

106.0

108.7

94.5

103.7

101.9

98.6

94.9

103.7

93.2

NL

112.9

100.4

107.0

115.1

100.3

99.3

97.9

91.1

87.0

96.3

109.2

115.9

116.5

115.9

107.4

AT

110.0

95.9

98.5

113.0

103.2

107.6

111.2

110.6

99.9

116.3

119.5

123.5

115.8

103.2

:

PL

127.1

109.1

120.1

140.3

129.3

132.0

138.0

131.2

130.5

144.8

146.2

141.8

132.6

129.9

131.9

PT

100.7

85.9

88.4

98.8

90.5

95.9

92.6

97.4

75.4

93.7

94.6

94.5

90.5

92.9

89.7

RO

126.4

108.7

108.3

126.3

120.2

129.6

130.9

128.1

111.9

130.7

135.8

135.8

117.2

116.9

122.0

SI

113.9

91.9

92.9

106.1

98.3

107.2

106.8

100.1

90.1

107.9

110.3

111.2

100.3

100.0

100.1

SK

141.3

106.6

128.3

149.4

140.9

147.5

148.2

129.3

134.6

150.9

158.7

167.5

139.9

143.5

142.2

FI

110.1

89.8

87.5

103.0

95.0

104.9

106.0

90.5

101.6

108.4

115.1

108.5

108.3

87.5

92.0

SE

109.0

87.4

86.2

95.6

93.4

97.3

102.4

75.9

82.7

98.1

96.9

101.4

101.4

96.8

99.9

UK

98.4

85.6

85.7

97.9

88.0

89.0

91.8

87.7

84.4

92.9

95.3

95.3

90.3

88.8

87.6

NO

95.1

98.0

92.0

95.9

86.5

89.4

81.6

76.8

78.4

79.3

94.7

93.6

92.3

93.2

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* Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

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