STAT/06/51 26 April 2006 February 2006 compared to January 2006 Industrial production stable in both euro-zone and EU25
Seasonally adjusted industrial production1 remained stable in the euro-zone2 in February 2006 compared to January 2006. Production grew by 0.2% in both January3 and December. Output in the EU25 also remained stable in February 2006, after rises of 0.2% in January3 and of 0.4% in December.
In February 2006 compared to February 2005, industrial production rose by 3.2% in the euro-zone and by 2.9% in the EU25.
These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. [Graphic in PDF & Word format]
Monthly comparison
In February 2006 compared to January 2006, production of non-durable consumer goods grew by 0.7% in the euro-zone and by 0.6% in the EU25. Capital goods rose by 0.5% and 0.2% respectively. Energy increased by 0.1% in the euro-zone, but fell by 0.2% in the EU25. Durable consumer goods declined by 0.5% in the euro-zone, but remained stable in the EU25. Intermediate goods fell by 0.7% in both zones.
In February 2006, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in nine Member States and fell in fourteen. The highest increases were registered in Denmark and Poland (both +1.8%), the Netherlands (+1.4%) and Germany (+1.0%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Ireland (-15.2%), Portugal (-4.6%) and Luxembourg (-2.7%).
Annual comparison
In February 2006 compared to February 2005, capital goods rose by 5.8% in both the euro-zone and the EU25. In the energy sector production grew by 2.8% and 1.3% respectively. Durable consumer goods gained 2.7% in the euro-zone and 3.7% in the EU25. Non-durable consumer goods increased by 2.2% in both zones. Intermediate goods rose by 2.2% in the euro-zone and by 1.8% in the EU25.
In February 2006, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in seventeen Member States and fell in six. The highest increases were registered in the Czech Republic and Lithuania (both +11.8%), Hungary (+11.6%), Luxembourg and Poland (both +10.1%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Ireland (-5.3%), Greece (-1.7%), Portugal and the United Kingdom (both -1.4%).
For methodology, see News Release 38/2000 of 23 March 2000 and for the currently used weights, see News Release 68/2003 of 17 June 2003. Euro-zone: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 36/2006 of 17 March 2006. The figures for January 2006 were 0.0% in the euro-zone and the EU25 for the monthly changes, and +2.5% in the euro-zone and +2.4% in the EU25 for the yearly changes. Total industry (excluding construction). According to the Council Regulation 1165/98 Eurostat publishes national seasonally adjusted data if available. For the other Member States (the Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia and Luxembourg) Eurostat performs the adjustment. This means that different methodologies are used to make the seasonal adjustment of the national series.The seasonally adjusted euro-zone and EU25 series are calculated by aggregating the working day adjusted series from individual Member States and performing an adjustment for seasonal effects on these series. Therefore the seasonally adjusted figures for total industry (excluding construction) is based directly on the working day adjusted series coming from the Member States and not on an aggregation of the seasonally adjusted indices from the Member States. The euro-zone and EU25 seasonally adjusted growth rates might differ from the weighted growth rates of the individual Member States (see Methodology of the industrial production index).
This procedure also implies that the aggregation of the overall figures is not based on the published details (intermediate, capital, durable, non-durable goods, energy).
Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN BECH Building L-2920 LUXEMBOURG Tel:+352-4301-33 444 Fax:+352-4301-35 349 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Digna AMIL Tel:+352-4301-32 321 Fax:+352-4301-30 329 digna.amil@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ Industrial production - monthly variation
% change compared with previous month*
Sept-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone Total industry4 -0.2 -0.6 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 Intermediate goods -1.0 -0.1 1.7 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 Energy 0.6 -1.1 2.9 3.1 -0.8 0.1 Capital goods 0.8 -1.2 1.6 -0.4 1.1 0.5 Durable consumer goods -1.3 -0.7 1.8 -0.1 0.7 -0.5 Non-durable consumer goods -0.4 -0.7 -0.1 0.9 -0.6 0.7 EU25 Total industry4 0.3 -0.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 Intermediate goods -0.7 -0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.7 Energy 0.9 -1.6 2.2 2.3 -0.1 -0.2 Capital goods 1.4 -1.1 1.2 0.0 1.3 0.2 Durable consumer goods -0.4 -0.4 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 Non-durable consumer goods -0.1 -0.6 0.0 0.8 -0.5 0.6 Total industry4 Sept-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone -0.2 -0.6 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 EU25 0.3 -0.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 Belgium 1.5 -1.7 6.7 0.0 -0.3 0.3 Czech Republic 2.0 0.0 2.0 -1.1 4.1 -1.0 Denmark 4.5 -2.2 -0.3 4.4 -2.1 1.8 Germany 1.1 0.9 -0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 Estonia 5.0 -1.7 0.7 2.2 -2.7 -0.1 Greece -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -1.4 0.6 -0.7 Spain -0.9 -0.7 1.2 1.6 -0.5 -0.4 France 0.2 -2.8 3.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.9 Ireland -3.8 0.7 8.9 -7.2 11.4 -15.2 Italy -1.6 -0.5 0.5 1.5 -0.3 0.8 Cyprus -1.5 -0.7 0.1 1.9 -2.9 0.4 Latvia 1.4 0.1 0.5 1.2 -0.4 0.8 Lithuania 5.4 -6.2 8.4 -0.5 -0.8 -1.9 Luxembourg -3.0 -1.3 1.4 2.6 3.9 -2.7** Hungary 2.6 1.8 -0.7 1.0 1.3 -0.1 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands -0.5 -1.8 3.6 1.8 -0.8 1.4 Austria -0.7 1.6 1.0 -4.4 4.9 : Poland 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.2 -1.2 1.8 Portugal -0.1 -4.1 3.3 6.2 -3.4 -4.6 Slovenia 2.1 1.1 2.0 0.9 -1.3 -0.5 Slovakia 0.9 -0.4 1.3 0.8 0.6 -0.4 Finland 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0.7 0.1 0.8 Sweden 1.6 0.4 -0.5 0.4 1.5 -1.3 United Kingdom 0.4 -1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 -0.2 *Seasonally adjusted. Missing values for euro-zone and EU25 aggregates are estimated. **Estimated by Member State. :Data not available.
Industrial production - annual variation
% change compared with same month of the previous year*
Sept-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone Total industry4 1.3 0.3 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.2 Intermediate goods 0.8 0.9 3.7 2.6 2.2 2.2 Energy -0.5 -1.0 2.1 3.8 6.2 2.8 Capital goods 2.9 0.4 4.8 4.1 4.4 5.8 Durable consumer goods 0.1 -0.8 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.7 Non-durable consumer goods 2.1 0.8 0.5 1.2 0.3 2.2 EU25 Total industry4 1.5 0.5 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.9 Intermediate goods 0.8 0.9 3.0 2.6 1.7 1.8 Energy -1.0 -2.3 0.2 1.6 4.4 1.3 Capital goods 3.5 1.4 4.3 4.4 5.0 5.8 Durable consumer goods 0.5 -0.3 2.6 4.1 3.5 3.7 Non-durable consumer goods 2.0 0.9 0.7 1.5 0.7 2.2 Total industry4 Sept-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone 1.3 0.3 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.2 EU25 1.5 0.5 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.9 Belgium -0.6 -3.8 3.6 4.2 3.9 6.2 Czech Republic 8.4 7.8 10.0 8.9 13.2 11.8 Denmark 3.4 5.0 2.1 5.0 2.9 7.2 Germany 4.3 4.8 5.3 5.0 4.7 6.5 Estonia 11.9 8.6 9.2 12.5 10.1 5.2 Greece 0.6 3.7 1.4 -1.1 1.0 -1.7 Spain 0.2 -0.1 0.9 4.5 3.4 2.3 France 1.2 -3.6 1.4 -0.7 0.1 -1.0 Ireland 1.3 2.0 16.1 -0.4 9.6 -5.3 Italy -1.7 -2.7 0.7 4.0 1.0 3.4 Cyprus 1.6 -0.9 -0.6 3.3 -0.8 -1.1 Latvia 8.7 7.8 8.0 9.1 8.7 8.3 Lithuania 11.3 2.3 13.4 8.6 12.5 11.8 Luxembourg 6.8 4.7 7.4 9.1 12.7 10.1** Hungary 8.9 9.8 7.7 12.9 11.0 11.6 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands -3.7 -4.5 -1.2 0.6 2.8 1.2 Austria 2.8 4.5 5.2 0.9 6.6 : Poland 5.9 7.7 8.4 14.2 7.6 10.1 Portugal 0.7 0.8 0.5 6.3 2.5 -1.4 Slovenia 2.6 5.0 7.4 10.7 6.2 7.8 Slovakia 5.4 4.6 5.8 9.5 7.0 5.4 Finland -2.4 -0.5 -0.6 -1.1 1.3 3.5 Sweden 1.7 2.4 1.2 3.1 6.1 1.4 United Kingdom -0.1 -2.2 -2.7 -1.7 -1.2 -1.4 *Working day adjusted. Missing values for euro-zone and EU25 aggregates are estimated. **Estimated by Member State. :Data not available.
Production indices for total industry excluding construction seasonally adjusted (base year 2000)
02/05 03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 Euro-zone 102.2 102.1 103.2 102.8 103.3 103.6 104.4 104.2 103.6 105.0 105.2 105.5 105.5 EU25 102.4 102.5 102.9 103.0 103.6 103.7 104.0 104.3 103.7 104.8 105.2 105.4 105.4 BE 103.3 102.6 103.6 104.0 105.5 104.0 102.9 104.4 102.6 109.5 109.5 109.2 109.5 CZ 129.7 130.3 133.0 133.4 136.4 136.4 137.0 139.7 139.7 142.5 141.0 146.8 145.4 DK 101.5 101.4 107.7 103.7 108.4 104.3 102.6 107.2 104.8 104.5 109.1 106.8 108.7 DE 103.6 104.1 104.9 104.8 105.8 107.0 106.0 107.2 108.2 107.9 108.4 109.3 110.4 EE 151.8 155.1 155.5 154.3 158.4 159.8 155.1 162.9 160.2 161.3 164.8 160.4 160.3 EL 100.8 97.4 99.2 99.9 98.4 98.0 100.8 100.7 100.7 100.6 99.2 99.7 99.1 ES 101.8 102.8 102.4 102.5 102.8 102.5 104.2 103.2 102.5 103.7 105.4 104.8 104.3 FR 101.8 100.9 101.0 100.8 101.3 100.4 101.8 102.0 99.1 102.1 101.8 102.1 101.2 IE 126.3 123.3 125.6 128.4 127.8 129.0 129.3 124.4 125.3 136.5 126.7 141.1 119.7 IT 94.9 94.7 96.5 95.5 95.6 96.6 97.5 95.9 95.4 95.9 97.3 97.0 97.8 CY 110.3 109.8 110.4 109.2 108.3 110.4 112.3 110.6 109.8 109.9 112.0 108.8 109.2 LV 133.1 134.1 137.0 138.9 139.3 140.3 139.5 141.4 141.6 142.2 143.9 143.3 144.6 LT 153.8 165.6 160.3 168.6 162.1 156.5 165.8 174.7 163.9 177.6 176.8 175.4 172.0 LU 120.1 120.9 119.0 124.9 121.9 128.6 131.3 127.3 125.7 127.5 130.8 135.9 132.3* HU 122.6 125.4 129.6 131.3 129.6 131.0 129.1 132.5 134.9 134.0 135.3 137.1 137.0 MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 102.5 100.0 101.4 100.3 102.3 100.7 100.1 99.6 97.8 101.3 103.1 102.3 103.7 AT 114.2 115.2 116.0 118.1 117.8 118.6 118.9 118.1 120.0 121.2 115.9 121.6 : PL 125.9 124.1 127.0 126.4 130.0 129.3 129.6 131.8 134.0 135.9 137.5 135.9 138.3 PT 99.4 99.1 99.5 95.6 104.9 98.4 101.0 100.9 96.8 100.0 106.2 102.6 97.9 SI 110.6 110.7 114.2 116.0 117.0 117.9 114.2 116.6 117.9 120.3 121.4 119.8 119.2 SK 125.8 125.7 127.8 127.5 128.2 129.1 130.1 131.3 130.8 132.5 133.6 134.4 133.8 FI 106.4 107.2 107.3 103.6 97.5 108.5 106.4 107.1 108.1 107.9 108.7 108.8 109.7 SE 106.1 106.6 104.6 105.7 107.4 108.9 105.8 107.5 107.9 107.4 107.8 109.4 108.0 UK 95.2 94.0 94.6 94.8 94.7 94.6 93.7 94.0 92.7 93.4 93.8 94.0 93.9 :Data not available. *Estimated by Member State. Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Production indices for total industry excluding construction working day adjusted (base year 2000)
02/03 02/04 02/05 03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 Euro-zone 98.3 99.3 99.7 109.0 103.6 102.4 106.9 104.5 83.1 108.3 110.3 111.2 102.8 102.4 102.8 EU25 97.9 99.4 99.7 109.0 103.3 102.6 106.6 102.5 86.4 108.1 110.1 110.9 103.4 102.2 102.6 BE 98.9 101.5 99.2 107.3 103.4 104.7 113.4 96.3 95.2 113.2 110.8 113.1 109.0 106.2 105.4 CZ 105.3 116.9 119.3 134.6 134.9 140.1 139.4 128.0 124.2 145.2 148.4 156.7 135.6 140.4 133.4 DK 100.6 99.5 96.7 106.3 103.5 103.4 113.9 85.0 103.3 114.1 113.1 112.4 105.7 105.4 103.7 DE 95.8 97.2 99.2 110.7 104.5 102.1 107.8 108.0 96.9 112.4 114.6 114.3 103.6 103.2 105.6 EE 121.5 133.4 143.6 164.8 157.5 162.5 164.0 143.6 154.7 170.8 173.1 170.5 167.8 151.0 151.0 EL 95.4 98.3 99.5 97.7 100.2 103.8 104.8 105.9 91.2 107.8 100.4 100.8 95.1 88.7 97.8 ES 99.6 101.2 100.4 109.5 101.3 107.5 109.0 109.3 75.1 106.2 107.6 109.9 97.0 101.6 102.7 FR 98.8 99.7 100.1 108.9 102.5 96.0 107.7 98.0 73.4 107.3 107.2 107.1 103.5 103.4 99.1 IE 119.9 122.3 124.5 131.0 131.7 130.4 137.9 111.5 121.0 124.2 129.8 144.9 125.5 130.0 117.9 IT 96.9 97.4 94.8 101.7 98.9 102.0 99.0 105.5 54.5 99.7 101.8 101.9 94.3 93.3 98.0 CY 95.8 101.3 99.8 112.6 113.0 112.4 114.2 123.8 89.3 117.3 115.7 107.6 113.6 101.7 98.7 LV 114.5 126.5 127.7 140.2 135.9 139.7 137.3 132.9 134.5 141.7 149.3 148.7 152.2 134.5 138.2 LT 140.3 153.3 149.5 171.8 154.7 163.0 157.2 149.3 160.9 176.2 167.8 185.9 189.7 175.2 167.2 LU 111.9 115.4 120.3 129.9 123.0 130.4 123.4 127.4 103.0 126.2 133.6 131.3 121.5 141.7 132.4* HU 101.0 111.5 112.9 130.5 126.8 130.0 129.9 123.7 116.1 138.3 148.2 150.2 135.3 126.8 126.0 MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 106.5 103.6 104.7 108.5 98.8 96.3 98.2 90.4 86.6 97.4 103.4 110.1 109.7 107.6 106.0 AT 99.7 102.7 106.7 122.8 116.0 115.5 120.7 119.5 104.8 125.5 129.0 130.3 114.8 109.8 : PL 95.3 113.3 115.4 127.2 127.4 125.6 129.5 123.4 125.8 136.6 143.3 143.8 141.1 125.7 127.1 PT 102.7 97.4 97.3 104.1 99.6 99.1 105.1 106.0 80.8 103.9 102.0 104.6 98.5 103.3 95.9 SI 100.5 104.7 103.3 115.0 114.6 119.2 119.7 117.3 97.1 120.3 125.4 127.2 113.4 115.3 111.4 SK 112.4 120.7 121.4 129.3 126.6 128.2 129.7 121.2 121.6 134.1 141.8 143.0 131.0 128.9 127.9 FI 93.3 95.2 94.5 109.7 112.6 105.7 100.0 97.3 104.1 112.9 124.6 120.0 114.2 101.3 97.8 SE 99.2 105.0 107.7 114.9 109.3 109.4 116.3 81.7 92.4 112.9 114.9 113.6 113.7 107.6 109.2 UK 94.7 94.8 94.0 102.7 93.4 94.1 95.4 93.0 87.5 97.1 98.2 98.7 93.4 92.0 92.7 :Data not available. *Estimated by Member State Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).
