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September 2012 compared with August 2012 Industrial production down by 2.5% in euro area Down by 2.3% in EU27

Reference: STAT/12/158 Event Date: 14/11/2012 Export pdf PDF word DOC
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STAT/12/158

14 November 2012

September 2012 compared with August 2012
Industrial production down by 2.5% in euro area
Down by 2.3% in EU27

In September 2012 compared with August 2012, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 fell by 2.5% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 2.3% in the EU272, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August3 production increased by 0.9% and 0.5% respectively.

In September 2012 compared with September 2011, industrial production dropped by 2.3% in the euro area and by 2.7% in the EU27.

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Monthly comparison

In September 2012 compared with August 2012, production of durable consumer goods fell by 4.3% in the euro area and by 3.7% in the EU27. Capital goods decreased by 3.0% and 2.6% respectively. Non-durable consumer goods declined by 2.8% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU27. Intermediate goods dropped by 2.0% and 1.7% respectively. Production of energy fell by 1.8% in the euro area and by 2.6% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production fell in eighteen, rose in four and remained stable in the Netherlands. The largest decreases were registered in Ireland (-12.6%), Portugal
(-12.0%), Greece (-4.4%), Sweden (-3.4%), Spain and Latvia (both -2.8%) and France (-2.7%), and the highest increases in Estonia (+2.0%) and Slovakia (+1.4%).

Annual comparison

In September 2012 compared with September 2011, production of intermediate goods fell by 4.0% in the euro area and by 4.1% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods dropped by 2.3% and 1.8% respectively. Production of energy declined by 1.6% in the euro area and by 2.8% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods decreased by 1.2% and 3.0% respectively. Capital goods fell by 0.8% in the euro area and by 1.2% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production fell in seventeen and rose in six. The largest decreases were registered in Ireland (-12.8%), Portugal (-8.8%), Greece (-7.5%), Spain (-7.0%) and Italy (-4.8%), and the highest increases in Slovakia (+13.0%), Estonia (+8.3%) and Lithuania (+8.0%).

  • 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 the News Release 144/2012 of 12 October 2012, the monthly growth rates for August 2012 have been revised from +0.6% to +0.9% in the euro area and from +0.3% to +0.5% in the EU27. The annual growth rates for August 2012 have been revised from -2.9% to -1.3% in the euro area and from -1.8% to -0.9% 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*

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

Sep-12

EA17

Total industry

-1.0

0.9

-0.4

0.5

0.9

-2.5

Intermediate goods

-1.0

0.4

-0.4

0.2

0.2

-2.0

Energy

5.2

-1.3

1.2

-0.6

0.7

-1.8

Capital goods

-2.8

1.2

-1.1

2.0

1.3

-3.0

Durable consumer goods

-1.1

0.6

0.5

-0.1

3.0

-4.3

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.9

2.0

-0.7

-0.4

1.8

-2.8

EU27

Total industry

-0.7

0.8

-0.7

0.9

0.5

-2.3

Intermediate goods

-0.8

0.5

-0.9

0.5

0.0

-1.7

Energy

4.3

-0.9

0.4

0.3

0.3

-2.6

Capital goods

-2.3

1.2

-0.8

2.0

0.5

-2.6

Durable consumer goods

-0.1

0.7

-0.7

1.0

1.8

-3.7

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.6

2.3

-1.1

0.3

1.3

-2.1

Total industry

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

Sep-12

EA17

-1.0

0.9

-0.4

0.5

0.9

-2.5

EU27

-0.7

0.8

-0.7

0.9

0.5

-2.3

Belgium

-7.2

4.8

-2.1

2.9

2.6

:

Bulgaria

2.0

0.4

-0.3

0.0

0.8

-1.9

Czech Republic

-0.4

-0.4

-0.4

0.9

-2.9

0.1

Denmark

0.6

-0.9

2.5

2.6

-2.2

-2.1

Germany

-2.0

1.5

-0.2

1.2

-0.2

-2.1

Estonia

1.6

0.9

-1.2

1.0

2.3

2.0

Ireland

1.6

1.2

-0.5

-0.2

-0.3

-12.6

Greece

0.2

0.2

-0.6

1.6

1.9

-4.4

Spain

-0.7

0.7

-0.5

-0.3

1.6

-2.8

France

1.7

-2.2

0.1

0.3

1.8

-2.7

Italy

-1.9

0.8

-1.1

-0.2

1.7

-1.5

Cyprus

2.5

-0.4

-0.9

1.1

2.0

:

Latvia

-1.2

1.8

0.9

0.2

2.6

-2.8

Lithuania

1.1

-15.9

19.3

4.7

4.1

-1.7

Luxembourg

-6.2

1.6

0.6

-0.6

-0.1

-0.9**

Hungary

-2.3

3.5

-2.2

-1.3

:

:

Malta

2.0

-0.2

0.2

0.0

2.0

-1.7

Netherlands

2.6

1.3

-1.0

-1.9

1.2

0.0

Austria

0.8

0.8

0.0

-0.6

2.0

:

Poland

2.1

-0.5

-1.9

2.4

-0.7

-1.4

Portugal

-6.6

4.1

-0.8

1.3

6.5

-12.0

Romania

0.8

-0.7

-0.1

0.6

-0.8

0.6

Slovenia

-0.2

-2.6

2.7

-2.4

3.8

-2.3

Slovakia

1.3

0.6

0.6

1.1

0.3

1.4

Finland

0.5

1.1

-0.9

1.2

-1.2

-0.4

Sweden

0.5

1.7

0.4

0.6

-0.4

-3.4

United Kingdom

-0.7

1.2

-2.4

3.0

-0.5

-1.7

Norway

2.3

1.2

0.4

-3.6

0.2

-5.6

* Seasonally adjusted

** Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

Industrial production - annual variation

% change compared with same month of the previous year*

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

Sep-12

EA17

Total industry

-2.6

-2.6

-2.0

-2.7

-1.3

-2.3

Intermediate goods

-4.4

-3.7

-3.6

-3.9

-3.6

-4.0

Energy

2.6

-0.6

1.4

0.6

0.2

-1.6

Capital goods

-1.0

-1.7

-0.6

-1.6

0.1

-0.8

Durable consumer goods

-7.1

-6.3

-2.3

-9.2

-2.2

-1.2

Non-durable consumer goods

-3.9

-2.1

-2.2

-2.6

0.0

-2.3

EU27

Total industry

-2.0

-2.1

-1.8

-1.8

-0.9

-2.7

Intermediate goods

-3.7

-3.1

-3.2

-3.3

-3.1

-4.1

Energy

0.6

-1.6

-0.6

0.2

-0.1

-2.8

Capital goods

-0.2

-1.1

-0.1

-0.4

0.6

-1.2

Durable consumer goods

-6.0

-4.5

-2.3

-6.7

-1.8

-3.0

Non-durable consumer goods

-3.8

-1.4

-1.7

-1.7

0.0

-1.8

Total industry

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

Sep-12

EA17

-2.6

-2.6

-2.0

-2.7

-1.3

-2.3

EU27

-2.0

-2.1

-1.8

-1.8

-0.9

-2.7

Belgium

-8.5

-7.5

-2.1

-2.3

-2.6

:

Bulgaria

0.5

0.4

2.3

-0.5

2.6

-1.3

Czech Republic

1.5

-0.7

-0.3

1.7

-3.1

-2.4

Denmark

-4.1

-8.6

0.4

3.0

2.2

-0.3

Germany

-0.9

-0.3

0.2

-1.5

-1.5

-1.6

Estonia

-3.6

-0.5

-3.6

-7.3

-3.0

8.3

Ireland

-0.4

4.5

4.9

4.5

-0.4

-12.8

Greece

-2.9

-3.4

-0.6

-5.0

2.9

-7.5

Spain

-8.4

-6.6

-6.3

-5.7

-2.5

-7.0

France

1.2

-4.6

-2.7

-3.3

0.6

-2.4

Italy

-9.3

-6.7

-7.9

-7.2

-5.2

-4.8

Cyprus

-8.8

-12.7

-11.6

-4.8

0.8

:

Latvia

3.8

6.1

5.4

5.3

9.4

3.1

Lithuania

7.0

-14.6

0.5

4.3

10.6

8.0

Luxembourg

-7.4

-7.8

-1.1

-5.9

-9.6

-3.7**

Hungary

-2.9

2.4

0.6

-2.2

:

:

Malta

0.0

1.1

2.7

3.6

7.1

3.2

Netherlands

4.5

1.1

-0.1

-3.7

-1.5

-1.0

Austria

1.2

2.9

1.9

1.5

2.9

:

Poland

4.4

2.4

1.0

4.6

1.7

-2.2

Portugal

-7.7

-6.9

-4.6

-0.1

-3.0

-8.8

Romania

2.7

0.1

0.4

2.2

-1.2

0.1

Slovenia

3.4

-3.0

2.9

1.9

4.3

-0.2

Slovakia

13.1

12.3

13.0

18.4

17.0

13.0

Finland

-2.2

-1.6

0.1

2.3

-1.7

-1.6

Sweden

-2.6

0.0

2.6

1.3

3.2

-4.1

United Kingdom

-2.1

-1.6

-3.7

-0.4

-0.4

-2.6

Norway

7.3

13.0

7.6

2.4

1.8

-5.0

* Working day adjusted

** Estimated by Member State

: Data not available

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

seasonally adjusted

(base year 2005)

09/11

10/11

11/11

12/11

01/12

02/12

03/12

04/12

05/12

06/12

07/12

08/12

09/12

EA17

100.2

99.9

99.5

98.7

98.5

99.2

99.0

98.0

98.8

98.4

98.9

99.8

97.4

EU27

100.8

100.4

100.1

99.5

99.4

99.8

99.5

98.8

99.6

98.9

99.9

100.4

98.1

BE

111.3

107.3

107.9

106.6

105.2

105.8

108.2

100.4

105.3

103.1

106.0

108.8

:

BG

103.1

103.2

102.7

101.7

101.3

99.6

101.2

103.3

103.7

103.4

103.3

104.1

102.2

CZ

118.6

118.8

121.2

120.8

119.9

119.8

120.0

119.5

119.1

118.6

119.7

116.2

116.3

DK

87.7

87.3

87.6

87.0

87.5

89.3

87.1

87.6

86.8

89.0

91.3

89.3

87.4

DE

111.5

112.0

112.0

109.9

110.3

111.0

111.9

109.7

111.4

111.2

112.5

112.3

109.9

EE

116.0

118.2

117.1

116.1

119.3

121.1

117.6

119.5

120.6

119.2

120.4

123.2

125.7

IE

110.9

120.1

104.8

107.9

109.1

105.9

108.9

110.6

111.9

111.3

111.1

110.8

96.8

EL

78.8

74.6

75.7

74.3

75.2

73.9

73.6

73.7

73.8

73.4

74.6

76.0

72.7

ES

83.1

81.3

80.6

81.3

81.0

80.5

79.0

78.4

79.0

78.6

78.4

79.7

77.5

FR

91.5

91.2

92.0

90.4

90.8

91.2

90.1

91.6

89.6

89.7

90.0

91.6

89.1

IT

87.3

86.5

86.4

87.2

85.2

84.5

84.9

83.3

84.0

83.1

82.9

84.3

83.0

CY

85.9

85.3

84.6

84.4

83.9

84.0

81.8

83.8

83.4

82.7

83.6

85.3

:

LV

109.6

108.5

109.2

106.4

109.1

109.1

111.3

110.0

112.0

113.0

113.3

116.3

113.1

LT

114.5

111.3

111.8

112.4

114.9

111.0

113.8

115.0

96.7

115.4

120.8

125.7

123.6

LU

84.6

84.5

82.7

82.5

80.4

82.2

86.5

81.1

82.4

82.9

82.4

82.3

81.6*

HU

114.6

114.1

118.0

109.6

112.7

112.4

113.1

110.5

114.4

111.9

110.5

:

:

MT

102.9

104.3

102.0

101.8

104.0

101.1

104.1

106.1

105.9

106.1

106.1

108.2

106.4

NL

106.8

104.2

103.4

102.4

101.9

113.5

103.3

106.0

107.4

106.3

104.3

105.6

105.6

AT

116.7

116.6

116.0

115.4

117.9

116.6

118.2

119.1

120.1

120.1

119.4

121.8

:

PL

147.2

146.7

149.0

150.2

150.3

147.8

145.0

148.1

147.4

144.6

148.0

146.9

144.8

PT

90.0

89.2

86.9

85.6

86.2

86.4

89.2

83.3

86.7

86.0

87.1

92.8

81.7

RO

132.1

132.0

132.1

131.6

131.6

129.7

131.4

132.4

131.5

131.4

132.2

131.2

132.0

SI

105.5

102.6

103.9

104.2

103.8

103.7

106.7

106.5

103.7

106.5

103.9

107.9

105.4

SK

153.5

156.5

152.8

154.9

158.9

162.1

167.9

170.0

171.0

172.0

173.9

174.5

177.0

FI

101.5

99.8

100.6

103.0

98.7

100.1

99.7

100.2

101.3

100.4

101.6

100.4

100.0

SE

99.4

98.8

96.1

97.0

98.7

95.4

96.2

96.7

98.3

98.7

99.3

98.9

95.5

UK

90.1

89.0

88.6

89.1

88.7

89.0

88.7

88.1

89.2

87.1

89.7

89.3

87.7

NO

87.8

84.6

85.5

83.8

87.2

87.2

87.0

89.0

90.1

90.5

87.2

87.4

82.5

: Data not available

* Estimated by Member State

Production indices for total industry excluding construction

working day adjusted

(base year 2005)

09/09

09/10

09/11

10/11

11/11

12/11

01/12

02/12

03/12

04/12

05/12

06/12

07/12

08/12

09/12

EA17

96.6

102.2

104.3

106.2

105.4

94.3

94.4

97.1

106.3

96.8

98.8

100.9

100.0

83.8

101.9

EU27

96.5

102.5

104.5

106.4

105.8

96.0

95.7

97.1

106.5

97.6

99.8

101.2

99.3

86.7

101.7

BE

104.7

113.5

116.7

113.2

112.5

106.1

104.2

104.7

116.0

103.8

107.7

109.9

98.2

101.0

:

BG

94.1

100.2

103.8

108.5

108.3

103.9

93.2

91.5

103.1

100.6

101.4

106.4

108.3

103.7

102.4

CZ

110.1

123.6

125.0

129.3

133.9

118.6

117.3

114.9

127.5

122.1

124.6

125.1

115.4

106.0

121.9

DK

86.1

94.8

91.7

93.5

94.3

85.0

87.9

86.4

89.4

83.9

86.6

92.9

79.1

87.8

91.4

DE

101.8

110.5

116.6

118.3

119.6

103.7

103.2

106.9

119.8

108.6

109.6

112.9

112.7

104.0

114.7

EE

85.6

113.0

120.6

127.1

122.2

116.2

114.9

115.9

124.6

120.6

127.3

124.0

109.7

124.9

130.6

IE

97.1

107.5

107.7

118.8

102.5

96.3

112.5

106.2

120.0

111.1

118.4

117.6

104.3

108.3

93.9

EL

94.4

84.8

84.0

71.3

74.3

70.6

68.7

71.0

72.3

71.0

75.4

78.0

85.0

75.8

77.6

ES

87.0

85.5

84.3

83.7

84.2

75.1

80.2

79.7

84.0

77.7

79.6

82.4

84.3

61.5

78.4

FR

92.6

94.7

95.2

99.3

96.4

90.9

92.0

91.5

97.7

90.6

84.3

93.4

89.6

69.8

92.9

IT

90.2

95.4

92.9

94.5

91.3

76.9

78.1

83.9

92.3

81.7

91.1

86.3

92.3

51.3

88.4

CY

99.3

100.6

88.9

85.3

82.3

83.8

72.5

78.3

82.2

90.6

89.7

95.3

91.9

66.1

:

LV

84.0

102.3

112.1

119.5

111.9

105.8

101.5

100.1

110.5

110.7

108.8

114.4

111.9

121.3

115.5

LT

97.8

105.8

115.8

116.9

115.8

114.2

111.7

108.3

115.4

112.3

95.3

116.6

117.6

125.9

125.1

LU

93.9

89.6

85.1

90.3

84.1

73.5

80.5

79.6

94.5

83.1

85.7

85.1

84.2

69.3

82.0*

HU

106.7

118.6

122.4

126.4

131.9

108.2

104.3

105.1

117.7

105.9

114.8

114.1

105.9

:

:

MT

96.4

102.2

103.5

109.8

101.1

88.9

101.1

95.4

107.8

110.8

109.8

110.7

113.9

102.8

106.8

NL

95.3

100.9

102.9

109.6

113.5

112.4

111.8

117.7

111.8

101.8

100.3

101.0

92.4

89.8

101.9

AT

109.6

120.2

125.6

125.3

126.5

115.0

103.2

108.1

126.9

116.0

118.0

121.9

119.2

109.4

:

PL

129.2

144.8

155.6

156.5

155.6

145.8

141.8

138.9

150.3

146.6

147.9

144.4

142.5

140.0

152.1

PT

95.6

93.6

92.9

94.4

90.9

82.3

88.6

83.7

92.2

81.8

89.0

85.8

92.9

72.3

84.7

RO

125.5

130.7

138.3

142.2

140.4

119.6

119.7

120.4

135.6

130.6

140.3

134.3

136.3

119.3

138.4

SI

102.8

106.9

109.8

109.9

111.2

96.8

100.5

98.1

112.8

107.0

108.2

110.1

102.5

91.6

109.6

SK

132.6

149.1

159.7

169.1

168.4

140.7

151.2

154.6

178.2

170.4

183.8

173.2

157.4

161.1

180.4

FI

100.3

107.9

107.4

109.0

105.6

109.5

83.4

90.5

102.5

98.1

110.1

102.3

92.2

101.1

105.7

SE

89.9

98.1

103.0

101.1

98.6

102.1

98.1

94.2

102.6

99.3

103.6

107.2

80.2

87.5

98.8

UK

87.7

91.3

90.4

92.8

92.6

88.1

87.3

85.8

95.7

86.7

88.6

87.3

88.2

83.9

88.0

NO

89.0

79.3

82.6

89.4

92.4

87.7

96.1

89.0

92.0

84.8

88.8

83.5

75.3

84.7

78.5

: Data not available

* Estimated by Member State

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