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August 2012 compared with July 2012 Industrial production up by 0.6% in euro area Up by 0.3% in EU27

Reference: STAT/12/144 Event Date: 12/10/2012 Export pdf PDF word DOC
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STAT/12/144

12 October 2012

August 2012 compared with July 2012
Industrial production up by 0.6% in euro area
Up by 0.3% in EU27

In August 2012 compared with July 2012, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 grew by 0.6% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.3% in the EU272, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July3 production increased by 0.6% and 1.0% respectively.

In August 2012 compared with August 2011, industrial production dropped by 2.9% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU27.

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Monthly comparison

In August 2012 compared with July 2012, production of durable consumer goods increased by 3.9% in the euro area and by 2.4% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods grew by 1.3% and 1.0% respectively. Production of energy rose by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU27. Capital goods gained 0.7% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU27. Intermediate goods remained stable in the euro area and fell by 0.1% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in thirteen, fell in eight and remained stable in Ireland. The highest increases were registered in Portugal (+6.8%), Lithuania (+4.6%), Slovenia (+4.0%) and Greece (+2.5%), and the largest decreases in the Czech Republic (-2.9%), Denmark
(-2.8%),
Romania and Finland (both -1.1%).

Annual comparison

In August 2012 compared with August 2011, production of intermediate goods declined by 4.9% in the euro area and by 3.8% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods fell by 4.9% and 2.9% respectively. Capital goods decreased by 1.9% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods dropped by 1.4% and 0.8% respectively. Production of energy remained stable in the euro area and fell by 0.5% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production fell in eleven and rose in eleven. The largest decreases were registered in Italy (-5.2%), Spain (-3.2%) and the Czech Republic (-3.1%), and the highest increases in Slovakia (+17.0%), Lithuania (+11.1%) and Latvia (+8.1%).

  • Total industry excluding construction. The index of industrial production measures the evolution of the volume of production. According to the Council Regulation 1165/98 Eurostat publishes national seasonally adjusted data if available. For the other Member States (Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Luxembourg) Eurostat performs the adjustment. Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data.

The weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates can be found at:

https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b17d3ca3-51cc-44ab-92a8-433592393a61

See file: EU27_EA17_NEWS_RELEASE_WEIGHTINGS_2005_nace2 (NR ind_production).

More detailed data can be found in the short-term statistics database on the Eurostat website:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/short_term_business_statistics/data/database

  • 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).

  • Compared with data issued in News Release 129/2012 of 12 September 2012, the monthly growth rate for July 2012 remains unchanged at +0.6% in the euro area and has been revised from +1.1% to +1.0% in the EU27. The annual growth rates for July 2012 have been revised from -2.3% to -2.8% in the euro area and from -1.5% to -1.8% 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*

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

Total industry

-0.1

-1.0

1.0

-0.5

0.6

0.6

Intermediate goods

1.0

-1.1

0.6

-0.5

0.2

0.0

Energy

-8.2

5.2

-1.2

1.1

-0.4

0.9

Capital goods

1.2

-2.8

1.3

-1.1

2.0

0.7

Durable consumer goods

0.0

-0.8

0.5

0.4

-0.4

3.9

Non-durable consumer goods

1.6

-1.7

2.0

-0.7

-0.4

1.3

EU27

Total industry

-0.2

-0.7

0.9

-0.7

1.0

0.3

Intermediate goods

1.0

-0.9

0.6

-0.9

0.6

-0.1

Energy

-6.9

4.3

-0.8

0.3

0.4

0.3

Capital goods

1.2

-2.2

1.3

-0.8

2.0

0.0

Durable consumer goods

-0.2

0.0

0.7

-0.8

0.7

2.4

Non-durable consumer goods

1.3

-1.5

2.3

-1.1

0.3

1.0

Total industry

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

-0.1

-1.0

1.0

-0.5

0.6

0.6

EU27

-0.2

-0.7

0.9

-0.7

1.0

0.3

Belgium

2.3

-7.2

4.8

-2.1

2.9

:

Bulgaria

1.7

2.0

0.4

-0.3

0.0

1.0

Czech Republic

0.2

-0.4

-0.3

-0.4

0.9

-2.9

Denmark

-2.9

0.7

-0.7

2.3

2.4

-2.8

Germany

0.9

-2.0

1.7

-0.3

1.3

-0.4

Estonia

-2.9

1.6

0.9

-1.2

0.8

2.3

Ireland

2.9

1.6

1.5

-0.3

0.8

0.0

Greece

0.1

0.7

0.7

0.0

2.2

2.5

Spain

-1.8

-0.6

0.8

-0.5

-0.1

1.3

France

-1.2

1.7

-2.1

0.1

0.6

1.5

Italy

0.5

-1.8

0.7

-1.1

-0.1

1.7

Cyprus

-2.9

2.2

-0.7

-1.2

0.8

:

Latvia

2.2

-1.1

1.9

1.1

0.3

2.0

Lithuania

2.5

1.1

-15.9

19.3

4.7

4.6

Luxembourg

3.5

-4.8

1.3

-0.1

0.3

:

Hungary

0.6

-2.3

3.5

-2.2

-1.3

:

Malta

2.2

1.1

1.2

0.0

-0.3

1.0

Netherlands

-9.0

2.6

1.3

-1.0

-1.3

0.5

Austria

1.2

1.2

0.8

-0.1

-1.0

:

Poland

-1.9

2.1

-0.5

-1.9

2.4

-0.4

Portugal

3.2

-6.6

4.1

-0.8

1.0

6.8

Romania

1.3

0.8

-0.7

-0.1

0.6

-1.1

Slovenia

3.0

0.0

-2.7

2.7

-2.4

4.0

Slovakia

3.5

1.3

0.6

0.6

1.0

0.4

Finland

-0.2

0.5

1.5

-1.5

1.4

-1.1

Sweden

0.9

0.6

1.9

0.6

0.7

-0.1

United Kingdom

-0.3

-0.7

1.2

-2.4

2.8

-0.5

Norway

-0.3

2.4

1.1

0.7

-3.5

0.5

* Seasonally adjusted

: Data not available

Industrial production - annual variation

% change compared with same month of the previous year*

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

Total industry

-1.7

-2.6

-2.6

-2.0

-2.8

-2.9

Intermediate goods

-2.8

-4.4

-3.7

-3.6

-3.9

-4.9

Energy

-6.4

2.5

-0.5

1.2

0.5

0.0

Capital goods

2.4

-1.0

-1.7

-0.7

-1.7

-1.9

Durable consumer goods

-6.1

-6.8

-6.3

-2.4

-9.8

-4.9

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.8

-3.9

-2.0

-2.2

-2.6

-1.4

EU27

Total industry

-1.5

-2.1

-2.1

-1.8

-1.8

-1.8

Intermediate goods

-2.2

-3.7

-3.1

-3.2

-3.2

-3.8

Energy

-6.0

0.5

-1.5

-0.7

0.0

-0.5

Capital goods

2.0

-0.2

-1.2

-0.2

-0.5

-0.8

Durable consumer goods

-5.7

-5.8

-4.5

-2.5

-7.3

-2.9

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.2

-3.7

-1.3

-1.7

-1.7

-0.8

Total industry

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

-1.7

-2.6

-2.6

-2.0

-2.8

-2.9

EU27

-1.5

-2.1

-2.1

-1.8

-1.8

-1.8

Belgium

-4.2

-8.5

-7.5

-2.1

-2.3

:

Bulgaria

-3.2

0.5

0.4

2.3

-0.5

2.0

Czech Republic

2.6

1.5

-0.7

-0.3

1.7

-3.1

Denmark

-2.3

-4.1

-8.6

0.4

2.3

0.7

Germany

1.1

-1.0

-0.3

0.2

-1.5

-1.6

Estonia

-5.8

-3.8

-0.5

-3.6

-7.3

-2.8

Ireland

4.4

-0.4

4.5

4.9

4.5

-0.6

Greece

-8.6

-2.9

-3.4

-0.5

-5.2

2.6

Spain

-7.6

-8.4

-6.6

-6.3

-5.5

-3.2

France

-2.0

1.2

-4.7

-2.8

-3.3

0.3

Italy

-5.5

-9.3

-6.7

-7.9

-7.2

-5.2

Cyprus

-16.0

-8.8

-12.7

-11.6

-4.9

:

Latvia

8.5

3.8

6.1

5.4

5.3

8.1

Lithuania

5.9

7.0

-14.6

0.5

4.3

11.1

Luxembourg

-0.2

-7.4

-7.8

-1.1

-4.4

:

Hungary

0.7

-2.9

2.4

0.6

-2.2

:

Malta

-3.2

-0.4

0.6

2.8

3.5

4.7

Netherlands

-3.4

4.5

1.1

-0.1

-3.5

-1.8

Austria

1.4

1.5

3.5

1.7

0.6

:

Poland

2.2

4.4

2.4

1.0

4.6

1.6

Portugal

-4.6

-7.7

-6.9

-4.6

-0.3

-2.8

Romania

0.4

2.7

0.1

0.4

2.2

-1.7

Slovenia

-0.3

3.1

-3.3

2.6

1.6

4.2

Slovakia

12.9

13.1

12.3

13.0

18.4

17.0

Finland

-2.7

-2.0

-1.2

-0.5

2.0

-1.6

Sweden

-3.8

-2.6

0.1

2.8

1.3

3.5

United Kingdom

-1.7

-2.1

-1.6

-3.7

-0.5

-0.6

Norway

2.4

7.3

13.0

7.6

2.4

1.8

* Working day adjusted

: Data not available

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

seasonally adjusted

(base year 2005)

08/11

09/11

10/11

11/11

12/11

01/12

02/12

03/12

04/12

05/12

06/12

07/12

08/12

EA17

102.1

100.1

99.9

99.5

98.7

98.5

99.2

99.1

98.1

99.0

98.5

99.2

99.8

EU27

102.1

100.7

100.4

100.1

99.5

99.4

99.8

99.6

98.9

99.7

99.1

100.1

100.3

BE

111.7

111.3

107.3

107.9

106.6

105.2

105.8

108.2

100.4

105.2

103.0

106.0

:

BG

102.5

103.1

103.2

102.7

101.7

101.3

99.6

101.2

103.3

103.7

103.4

103.3

104.3

CZ

119.2

118.5

118.8

121.1

120.8

119.9

119.9

120.1

119.6

119.2

118.7

119.7

116.2

DK

88.4

87.7

87.5

87.5

87.0

87.6

89.4

86.8

87.4

86.8

88.8

90.9

88.4

DE

114.0

111.4

112.0

111.9

109.8

110.2

110.9

111.9

109.7

111.6

111.3

112.7

112.3

EE

126.5

116.2

118.3

117.2

116.3

119.2

121.1

117.6

119.5

120.6

119.1

120.1

122.9

IE

113.2

110.1

119.5

104.7

107.5

108.7

105.5

108.6

110.3

111.9

111.6

112.5

112.5

EL

77.0

76.9

73.1

74.6

73.4

74.8

73.7

73.8

74.3

74.8

74.8

76.5

78.4

ES

83.2

82.6

81.3

80.5

81.2

81.0

80.5

79.0

78.5

79.2

78.8

78.7

79.7

FR

93.0

91.3

91.4

92.2

90.7

91.0

91.4

90.3

91.8

89.9

90.0

90.5

91.9

IT

90.2

87.1

86.4

86.4

87.2

85.2

84.5

84.9

83.4

84.0

83.1

83.0

84.4

CY

86.1

86.7

85.9

85.1

84.6

84.0

83.9

81.4

83.2

82.7

81.7

82.4

:

LV

107.6

109.0

108.2

109.0

106.2

109.0

109.0

111.3

110.1

112.2

113.4

113.7

116.0

LT

114.3

114.5

111.3

111.8

112.4

114.9

111.0

113.8

115.0

96.7

115.4

120.8

126.3

LU

88.4

84.6

84.6

83.4

83.1

81.8

82.8

85.6

81.5

82.6

82.5

82.7

:

HU

112.3

114.6

114.1

118.0

109.6

112.7

112.4

113.1

110.5

114.4

111.9

110.5

:

MT

102.6

102.5

103.4

103.0

102.3

103.1

101.5

103.7

104.9

106.2

106.2

105.9

107.0

NL

107.4

106.8

104.2

103.4

102.4

101.9

113.5

103.3

106.0

107.4

106.3

104.9

105.4

AT

119.6

117.2

117.5

116.4

115.0

118.8

117.0

118.4

119.8

120.7

120.6

119.4

:

PL

144.6

147.2

146.7

149.0

150.2

150.3

147.8

145.0

148.1

147.4

144.6

148.0

147.4

PT

94.8

90.0

89.2

86.9

85.6

86.2

86.4

89.2

83.3

86.7

86.0

86.9

92.8

RO

132.2

132.1

132.0

132.1

131.6

131.6

129.7

131.4

132.4

131.5

131.4

132.2

130.8

SI

103.6

105.5

102.6

103.9

104.2

103.4

103.2

106.3

106.3

103.4

106.2

103.7

107.8

SK

149.0

153.5

156.5

152.8

154.9

158.9

162.2

167.9

170.0

171.0

172.1

173.9

174.6

FI

102.3

101.3

99.7

100.6

103.2

98.6

100.0

99.8

100.3

101.8

100.3

101.7

100.6

SE

96.7

98.5

98.4

95.9

96.8

98.7

95.5

96.4

97.0

98.8

99.4

100.1

100.0

UK

90.2

90.1

89.0

88.6

89.1

88.7

89.0

88.7

88.1

89.2

87.1

89.6

89.1

NO

86.6

86.3

84.7

85.5

83.9

87.3

87.3

87.0

89.1

90.1

90.7

87.5

87.9

: Data not available

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

working day adjusted

(base year 2005)

08/09

08/10

08/11

09/11

10/11

11/11

12/11

01/12

02/12

03/12

04/12

05/12

06/12

07/12

08/12

EA17

74.2

80.4

85.0

104.3

106.2

105.4

94.3

94.5

97.1

106.3

96.9

98.9

100.9

100.0

82.5

EU27

77.5

83.8

87.6

104.5

106.5

105.8

96.0

95.7

97.1

106.5

97.7

99.8

101.3

99.3

86.0

BE

91.4

96.8

103.7

116.7

113.2

112.5

106.1

104.2

104.7

116.0

103.8

107.7

109.9

98.2

:

BG

94.7

98.3

101.1

103.8

108.5

108.3

103.9

93.2

91.5

103.1

100.6

101.4

106.4

108.3

103.2

CZ

96.0

106.5

109.4

125.0

129.3

133.9

118.6

117.3

114.9

127.5

122.1

124.6

125.1

115.4

106.0

DK

82.3

82.0

85.9

91.8

93.5

94.2

85.0

87.9

86.4

89.4

83.9

86.6

92.9

78.6

86.5

DE

86.9

97.2

105.6

116.6

118.3

119.6

103.7

103.2

106.9

119.8

108.5

109.6

112.9

112.7

103.9

EE

85.8

106.5

128.7

120.6

127.1

122.2

116.2

114.9

115.8

124.5

120.5

127.3

124.0

109.8

125.1

IE

89.2

98.4

108.7

107.7

118.8

102.5

96.3

112.5

106.2

120.0

111.1

118.4

117.6

104.3

108.1

EL

84.3

83.4

73.7

84.0

71.3

74.3

70.6

68.7

71.0

72.3

71.0

75.4

78.0

84.8

75.7

ES

62.1

63.1

63.1

84.3

83.7

84.2

75.1

80.2

79.7

84.0

77.7

79.6

82.4

84.5

61.1

FR

65.4

66.6

69.5

95.4

99.5

96.5

91.1

92.2

91.7

98.0

90.8

84.5

93.5

89.8

69.7

IT

46.3

51.6

54.1

92.9

94.5

91.3

76.9

78.1

83.9

92.3

81.7

91.1

86.3

92.3

51.3

CY

74.2

77.4

65.6

88.9

85.3

82.3

83.8

72.5

78.3

82.2

90.6

89.7

95.3

91.8

:

LV

85.3

103.9

110.9

112.1

119.5

111.9

105.8

101.5

100.1

110.5

110.6

108.8

114.5

111.9

119.9

LT

98.0

106.8

113.8

115.8

116.9

115.8

114.2

111.7

108.3

115.4

112.3

95.3

116.6

117.6

126.4

LU

68.4

75.6

76.6

85.1

90.3

84.1

73.5

80.5

79.6

94.5

83.1

85.7

85.0

85.5

:

HU

87.9

101.6

102.2

122.4

126.4

131.9

108.2

104.3

105.1

117.7

105.9

114.8

114.1

105.9

:

MT

85.4

98.2

96.3

102.9

109.6

101.4

89.6

101.8

94.9

107.0

110.2

109.9

110.9

112.7

100.8

NL

84.0

89.4

91.2

102.9

109.6

113.5

112.4

111.8

117.7

111.8

101.8

100.3

101.0

92.6

89.6

AT

90.5

99.9

106.9

126.0

126.4

127.1

114.5

104.2

109.1

127.2

117.2

118.9

122.9

119.1

:

PL

115.1

130.5

137.7

155.6

156.5

155.6

145.8

141.8

138.9

150.3

146.6

147.9

144.4

142.5

139.9

PT

74.7

75.5

74.5

92.9

94.4

90.9

82.3

88.6

83.7

92.2

81.8

89.0

85.8

92.7

72.4

RO

105.5

111.9

120.8

138.3

142.2

140.4

119.6

119.7

120.4

135.6

130.6

140.3

134.3

136.3

118.8

SI

81.2

89.1

87.8

109.8

109.9

111.2

96.8

100.1

97.6

112.3

106.7

107.9

109.8

102.2

91.5

SK

114.2

132.0

137.7

159.7

169.1

168.4

140.7

151.2

154.7

178.2

170.5

183.9

173.2

157.4

161.1

FI

95.1

101.5

102.8

107.4

109.0

105.6

109.5

83.6

90.4

102.7

98.3

110.6

101.7

91.9

101.2

SE

75.1

82.7

84.9

103.0

101.1

98.6

102.1

98.1

94.2

102.7

99.2

103.7

107.4

80.2

87.9

UK

81.2

85.1

84.3

90.4

92.8

92.6

88.1

87.3

85.8

95.7

86.7

88.6

87.3

88.1

83.8

NO

90.1

78.4

83.2

82.6

89.4

92.4

87.7

96.1

89.0

92.0

84.8

88.8

83.5

75.3

84.7

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