Tuesday 13 August 2013

EU Indicators

June 2013 compared with May 2013
Industrial production up by 0.7% in euro area
Up by 0.9% in EU27
In June 2013 compared with May 2013, seasonally adjusted industrial production
 grew by 0.7% in the euro area
(EA17) and by 0.9% in the EU272
, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the
European Union. In May3
 production decreased by 0.2% and 0.4% respectively.
In June 2013 compared with June 20124
, industrial production increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU27.
In June 2013 compared with May 2013, production of durable consumer goods grew by 4.9% in the euro area and
by 4.2% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 2.5% in both zones. Intermediate goods rose by 0.5% in the euro
area and by 0.8% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.6% and 0.3% respectively. Energy dropped
by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU27.
Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in fourteen and fell in eight. The
highest increases were registered in Ireland (+8.7%), Romania (+5.7%), Poland (+3.1%), Germany and Greece
(both +2.5%), and the largest decreases in the Netherlands (-4.1%), Portugal (-2.8%) and France (-1.5%).
In June 2013 compared with May 2013, production of durable consumer goods grew by 4.9% in the euro area and
by 4.2% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 2.5% in both zones. Intermediate goods rose by 0.5% in the euro
area and by 0.8% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.6% and 0.3% respectively. Energy dropped
by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU27.
Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in fourteen and fell in eight. The
highest increases were registered in Ireland (+8.7%), Romania (+5.7%), Poland (+3.1%), Germany and Greece
(both +2.5%), and the largest decreases in the Netherlands (-4.1%), Portugal (-2.8%) and France (-1.5%).
In June 2013 compared with June 2012, capital goods grew by 3.3% in the euro area and by 3.2% in the EU27.
Durable consumer goods fell by 1.0% in the euro area and increased by 0.1% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer
goods dropped by 1.1% and 0.5% respectively. Intermediate goods declined by 1.3% in the euro area and by 0.7%
in the EU27. Energy decreased by 1.7% and 2.9% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eleven and fell in eleven. The
highest increases were registered in Romania (+9.6%), Poland (+5.3%) and Estonia (+4.7%), and the largest
decreases in Finland (-5.9%), Bulgaria (-4.4%) and the Czech Republic (-3.0%)

Source Eurostat

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