In June 2015 compared with May 2015, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.4% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2015 industrial production decreased by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively.
In June 2015 compared with June 2014, industrial production increased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.7% in the EU28. The decrease of 0.4% in industrial production in the euro area in June 2015, compared with May 2015, is due to production of durable consumer goods falling by 2.0%, capital goods by 1.8% and intermediate goods by 0.5%, while production of non-durable consumer goods remained stable. Production of energy rose by 3.2%.
In the EU28, the decrease of 0.2% is due to production of capital goods falling by 1.2%, durable consumer goods by 0.4%, non-durable consumer goods by 0.3% and intermediate goods by 0.1%, while production of energy rose by 1.5%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Croatia (-2.9%), Portugal (-2.1%) and Ireland (-2.0%), and the highest increases in Denmark (+4.2%), the Netherlands (+3.9%) and Slovakia (+1.4%).
The increase of 1.2% in industrial production in the euro area in June 2015, compared with June 2014, is due to production of non-durable consumer goods rising by 2.5%, capital goods by 1.7%, intermediate goods by 0.2% and durable consumer goods by 0.1%, while production of energy remained stable.
In the EU28, the increase of 1.7% is due to production of capital goods rising by 2.4%, durable consumer goods by 2.2%, energy by 1.7%, non-durable consumer goods by 1.5% and intermediate goods by 0.8%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in industrial production were registered in Ireland (+27.6%), Denmark (+7.6%), Lithuania (+6.9%) and Slovakia (+6.4%). Decreases were observed in Greece (-4.6%), Estonia (-3.4%), the Netherlands (-2.4%), Finland (-1.1%) and Italy (-0.3%).
