Industrial production down by 1.2% in both euro area and EU27
- Industrial production down by 1.6% in both euro area and EU27
- Industrial production down 3.5% in euro area and 2.9% in EU27
- Industrial production up by 1.0% in euro area Up by 0.9% in EU27
- Industrial production down by 1.6% in euro area and down by 1.1% in EU27
- Industrial production down 0.6% in euro area and 0.7% in EU27
- Industrial production up 0.3% in euro area and 0.2% in EU27
- Industrial production down by 0.3% in euro area Down by 0.2% in EU27
- Industrial production down by 2.6% in euro area and 2.3% in EU27
- Industrial production up 0.5% in euro area and 0.1% in EU27
- Industrial production down by 1.7% in euro area down by 1.9% in EU27
- Industrial production down by 0.3% in both euro area and EU27
- Industrial production up 0.9% in euro area and 0.6% in EU27
- July industrial production up 0.9% in euro area Up 0.6% in EU27
- Industrial production up by 1.1% in euro area and by 0.5% in EU27
- Industrial production stable in euro area, up by 0.1% in EU27
In October 2008 compared with September 2008, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 1.2% in both the euro area (EA15) and the EU27. In September production decreased by 1.8% and 1.3% respectively.
In October 2008 compared with October 2007, industrial production declined by 5.3% in the euro area and by 5.0% in the EU27.
Monthly comparison
In October 2008 compared with September 2008, production of non-durable consumer goods grew by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU27. Production of energy fell by 0.1% and 1.1% respectively. Durable consumer goods dropped by 1.4% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU27. Capital goods declined by 2.0% and 1.7% respectively. Intermediate goods decreased by 2.0% in both zones.
In October 2008, among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production fell in nineteen and grew only in Portugal (+1.3%). The most significant falls were registered in Ireland (-6.4%), Lithuania (-5.6%), Estonia (-5.0%), Latvia (-3.7%) and Romania (-3.4%).
Annual comparison
In October 2008 compared with October 2007, production of energy fell by 1.3% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods decreased by 2.5% and 2.7% respectively. Capital goods declined by 5.2% in the euro area and by 4.9% in the EU27. Intermediate goods dropped by 7.4% and 7.2% respectively. Production of durable consumer goods fell by 8.4% in the euro area and by 6.3% in the EU27.
In October 2008, among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production fell in eighteen and rose only in Poland and Slovakia (both +0.1%). The most significant falls were registered in Spain (-12.8%), Estonia (-11.0%), Ireland (-10.0%), Latvia (-9.0%) and France (-7.5%).
These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
Note: No specific data was available for Malta.













