STAT/07/175 12 December 2007 October 2007 compared with September 2007 Industrial production up by 0.4% in euro area Up by 0.5% in EU27
In October 2007 compared with September 2007, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 grew by 0.4% in the euro area2 (EA13) and by 0.5% in the EU272. In September3 production fell by 0.8% and 0.6% respectively.
In October 2007 compared with October 2006, industrial production rose by 3.8% in the euro area and by 3.6% in the EU27.
These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. [ Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED ]
Monthly comparison
In October 2007 compared with September 2007, production of capital goods increased by 1.0% in both the euro area and the EU27. Intermediate goods grew by 0.6% and 0.5% respectively. Durable consumer goods remained stable in the euro area and gained 0.2% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods remained stable in the euro area and fell by 0.1% in the EU27. Energy decreased by 1.2% and 0.4% respectively.
In October 2007, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eleven, fell in nine and remained stable in Belgium. The highest increases were registered in Lithuania (+3.5%), Slovenia (+3.4%) and Ireland (+3.2%), while the largest decreases were recorded in the Netherlands (-4.1%), Finland (-1.7%) and Latvia (-1.4%).
Annual comparison
In October 2007 compared with October 2006, capital goods increased by 6.6% in the euro area and by 7.0% in the EU27. Production of energy grew by 4.7% and 3.8% respectively. Intermediate goods rose by 2.7% in the euro area and by 2.5% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods gained 1.8% and 1.0% respectively. Durable consumer goods grew by 0.4% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU27.
In October 2007, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in sixteen and fell in five. The highest increases were registered in Slovakia (+17.3%), Ireland (+10.2%) and Bulgaria (+9.0%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Latvia (-3.3%), Finland (-1.8%) and Italy (-1.5%).
For methodology, see News Release 38/2000 of 23 March 2000. Total industry (excluding construction). According to the Council Regulation 1165/98 Eurostat publishes national seasonally adjusted data if available. For the other Member States (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Cyprus 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 area and EU 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 area and EU 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).
Missing observations from Member States are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU aggregates.
From 1 January 2007 the euro area (EA13) consists of Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia 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).
Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 153/2007 of 13 November 2007. The figures for September 2007 were -0.7% in the euro area and -0.5% in the EU27 for the monthly changes, and +3.5% in the euro area and +3.1% in the EU27 for the yearly changes. 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*
May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 Total industry 1.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 -0.8 0.4 Intermediate goods 0.8 0.2 0.4 1.2 -1.5 0.6 Energy 2.8 1.0 -0.1 0.7 0.9 -1.2 Capital goods 1.1 0.3 1.5 1.4 -1.2 1.0 Durable consumer goods 1.6 0.1 -0.2 3.8 -3.7 0.0 Non-durable consumer goods 0.6 -0.4 0.4 1.4 -1.2 0.0 EU27 Total industry 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.9 -0.6 0.5 Intermediate goods 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.9 -1.3 0.5 Energy 2.6 0.5 0.5 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 Capital goods 1.0 0.3 1.1 1.3 -0.8 1.0 Durable consumer goods 1.0 0.9 0.2 3.5 -2.9 0.2 Non-durable consumer goods 0.5 -0.3 0.3 1.0 -0.9 -0.1 Total industry May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 1.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 -0.8 0.4 EU27 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.9 -0.6 0.5 Belgium -0.6 0.4 0.8 -0.2 -0.7 0.0 Bulgaria -0.2 0.6 2.3 -0.3 0.4 -0.3 Czech Republic -0.8 1.1 1.0 -1.5 -0.5 : Denmark -1.1 1.4 2.8 -0.4 -1.8 2.1 Germany 2.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 0.0 -0.2 Estonia 0.8 -0.2 0.3 0.5 -0.1 1.3 Ireland 1.2 -1.5 14.4 -6.1 -4.7 3.2 Greece 2.9 0.7 0.9 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 Spain 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 0.9 -0.5 1.0 France 0.9 -0.8 1.7 0.1 -1.2 2.1 Italy 0.6 -0.2 0.2 0.9 -1.2 -0.3 Cyprus 0.8 1.7 0.4 0.3 -0.5 : Latvia 1.3 -0.8 1.2 1.3 -2.3 -1.4 Lithuania 3.1 1.1 2.3 1.7 -9.8 3.5 Luxembourg 1.3 1.2 -4.2 1.2 -2.7 : Hungary 0.4 2.4 1.2 1.0 0.1 : Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 1.7 4.0 -0.2 -0.6 3.3 -4.1 Austria 2.1 -1.6 1.5 0.9 -0.3 : Poland 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 2.0 Portugal 3.7 -0.7 -1.6 2.5 1.0 -0.3 Romania 6.8 -2.0 0.1 -1.3 3.0 -0.5 Slovenia -1.1 2.7 -0.4 0.4 -0.9 3.4 Slovakia 4.5 -2.8 4.6 -5.1 6.3 1.7 Finland 0.9 0.3 0.0 -0.6 0.5 -1.7 Sweden 0.3 0.5 0.4 -0.3 -1.2 0.3 United Kingdom 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.5 0.5 *Seasonally adjusted, :Data not available.
Industrial production - annual variation
% change compared with same month of the previous year*
May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 Total industry 2.7 2.5 4.0 4.4 3.3 3.8 Intermediate goods 2.6 2.7 4.0 3.2 2.5 2.7 Energy 2.0 -0.3 -1.1 1.6 4.0 4.7 Capital goods 3.9 4.7 7.1 7.1 5.1 6.6 Durable consumer goods 0.4 2.0 1.7 4.6 0.9 0.4 Non-durable consumer goods 2.4 1.5 3.1 5.1 2.0 1.8 EU27 Total industry 2.7 2.6 3.7 4.1 3.0 3.6 Intermediate goods 2.8 2.8 3.8 3.1 2.2 2.5 Energy 0.5 -0.9 -0.6 1.2 2.3 3.8 Capital goods 4.7 5.4 6.9 7.0 5.3 7.0 Durable consumer goods 0.7 2.9 3.7 7.3 2.7 1.9 Non-durable consumer goods 1.8 1.0 2.4 3.6 1.2 1.0 Total industry May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 2.7 2.5 4.0 4.4 3.3 3.8 EU27 2.7 2.6 3.7 4.1 3.0 3.6 Belgium 0.8 2.7 5.3 3.5 1.5 0.6 Bulgaria 7.0 9.0 13.0 8.4 10.2 9.0 Czech Republic 6.7 8.6 8.8 5.6 3.0 : Denmark -3.9 -1.6 -1.1 0.9 0.4 -0.6 Germany 6.3 6.1 5.4 5.8 6.4 6.4 Estonia 6.2 5.8 6.3 4.9 5.9 5.9 Ireland -5.0 -0.5 13.9 8.1 3.9 10.2 Greece 0.6 1.2 4.5 0.7 2.4 -0.1 Spain 2.0 1.6 1.1 1.6 0.8 2.6 France -0.3 -0.7 4.7 3.6 0.0 4.2 Italy 0.9 -0.2 0.4 3.4 0.3 -1.5 Cyprus 1.3 3.8 6.0 3.1 1.5 : Latvia 3.2 -1.0 2.6 3.8 0.3 -3.3 Lithuania 0.2 5.0 12.1 13.9 0.1 6.2 Luxembourg 0.7 5.5 -2.6 -2.6 -5.0 : Hungary 6.3 8.8 9.2 12.2 8.8 : Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 1.3 2.5 4.8 4.4 8.8 4.5 Austria 8.0 3.5 5.3 5.6 4.8 : Poland 8.1 7.8 8.2 8.9 7.0 8.6 Portugal 2.2 -0.1 1.9 1.3 1.3 3.6 Romania 6.7 5.3 6.3 4.3 6.2 3.6 Slovenia 4.0 10.5 7.3 8.9 4.0 8.7 Slovakia 16.7 10.9 17.4 5.7 15.3 17.3 Finland -0.5 0.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.6 -1.8 Sweden 3.9 6.4 7.0 4.5 1.3 1.6 United Kingdom 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.2 1.4 *Working day adjusted. :Data not available.
Production indices for total industry excluding construction seasonally adjusted
(base year 2000)
10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 EA13 108.8 109.0 110.5 109.8 110.5 111.1 110.2 111.3 111.3 112.1 113.3 112.4 112.9 EU27 108.9 109.2 110.4 109.9 110.3 110.9 110.4 111.2 111.3 111.9 112.9 112.2 112.8 BE 111.8 110.5 112.5 112.6 112.5 113.4 113.3 112.6 113.0 113.9 113.7 112.9 112.9 BG 163.9 164.6 164.5 162.1 171.1 171.4 174.6 174.3 175.3 179.3 178.7 179.5 179.0 CZ 155.6 156.9 157.0 160.3 161.9 163.7 162.3 161.0 162.9 164.5 162.0 161.3 : DK 110.5 112.2 109.5 113.1 110.1 108.6 106.4 105.2 106.7 109.7 109.3 107.3 109.6 DE 113.4 115.2 115.6 115.7 117.0 117.5 116.2 118.5 118.5 118.6 120.9 120.9 120.6 EE 176.3 176.0 179.0 177.4 178.4 180.6 182.1 183.6 183.2 183.8 184.8 184.6 187.0 IE 130.2 124.3 143.7 153.1 146.8 147.1 136.2 137.8 135.8 155.3 145.9 139.1 143.6 EL 102.0 99.1 102.1 103.4 101.9 101.9 98.8 101.7 102.3 103.3 102.6 102.0 101.4 ES 107.9 108.2 109.3 109.3 108.8 109.4 109.1 109.4 109.2 108.9 109.9 109.4 110.4 FR 102.2 101.9 103.6 102.9 104.0 104.1 103.4 104.3 103.5 105.3 105.4 104.1 106.3 IT 99.5 99.8 101.0 99.8 99.0 99.2 98.6 99.2 99.0 99.2 100.1 98.9 98.6 CY 111.9 112.2 115.5 111.0 112.4 114.2 112.7 113.7 115.6 116.1 116.4 115.8 : LV 147.9 145.2 149.0 146.0 147.7 147.6 144.9 146.9 145.7 147.4 149.3 145.9 143.9 LT 174.5 175.1 165.7 175.4 176.2 175.7 183.0 188.7 190.8 195.2 198.5 179.1 185.4 LU 116.8 119.1 120.4 120.2 118.5 119.6 116.6 118.1 119.5 114.5 115.8 112.7 : HU 147.7 148.3 151.0 151.8 151.7 151.3 151.3 151.9 155.6 157.5 159.1 159.3 : MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 102.0 104.0 106.4 101.6 103.8 103.4 102.9 104.6 108.8 108.6 107.9 111.5 106.9 AT 128.7 129.5 131.5 129.7 131.9 133.0 131.7 134.4 132.3 134.3 135.5 135.1 : PL 151.0 150.5 152.7 156.6 157.1 159.2 156.0 158.1 159.1 159.7 160.0 160.8 164.0 PT 102.9 105.5 106.3 105.2 103.4 106.7 101.8 105.6 104.9 103.2 105.8 106.9 106.6 RO 138.9 136.5 142.2 137.6 142.6 141.3 135.4 144.6 141.7 141.9 140.1 144.3 143.6 SI 126.3 129.4 129.9 129.8 130.1 132.7 132.8 131.3 134.8 134.2 134.8 133.6 138.1 SK 144.4 145.6 146.5 156.9 152.4 157.4 155.5 162.5 158.0 165.2 156.7 166.5 169.4 FI 117.7 118.5 119.4 117.1 118.4 118.3 117.6 118.6 118.9 118.9 118.2 118.8 116.8 SE 112.0 113.3 116.3 114.1 114.9 115.9 115.1 115.4 116.0 116.5 116.1 114.7 115.0 UK 95.0 95.5 95.1 95.2 94.8 95.1 95.3 95.9 95.8 95.7 95.9 95.4 95.9 :Data not available.
Production indices for total industry excluding construction working day adjusted
(base year 2000)
10/04 10/05 10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 EA13 110.2 110.8 115.4 115.2 108.1 106.2 107.4 118.9 109.1 111.9 115.4 112.9 91.9 116.2 119.7 EU27 109.9 110.7 115.2 115.4 108.7 106.1 107.1 118.8 109.0 111.8 114.8 110.6 95.1 115.7 119.3 BE 115.1 110.7 120.6 113.9 113.2 110.9 108.8 121.0 113.1 115.1 120.0 104.5 104.6 118.6 121.3 BG 147.4 161.1 167.1 172.2 183.7 144.9 159.5 181.3 166.3 166.3 179.2 183.7 175.7 180.0 182.2 CZ 137.7 149.1 164.4 172.6 150.3 156.3 151.5 175.9 163.6 168.5 167.9 157.1 143.2 163.8 : DK 107.7 113.1 118.8 120.8 106.5 111.5 105.2 115.0 100.2 104.6 112.5 89.3 108.5 114.2 118.1 DE 109.3 114.5 119.6 122.8 110.2 108.8 112.0 124.8 115.2 116.2 120.8 119.9 110.7 126.4 127.3 EE 159.5 176.7 189.5 185.2 183.1 167.2 168.2 192.7 185.0 195.9 190.6 164.2 184.8 191.0 200.7 IE 127.3 129.8 133.4 128.8 143.9 142.1 144.6 153.7 144.4 142.4 146.2 135.5 138.5 137.3 147.0 EL 96.8 100.4 102.3 98.3 97.5 93.4 100.6 102.0 96.9 106.4 108.9 112.2 93.9 106.8 102.2 ES 107.8 107.7 113.4 114.4 101.2 106.9 106.8 116.2 106.1 116.6 115.7 114.8 80.2 111.0 116.3 FR 111.9 108.1 111.3 105.9 104.2 103.9 102.0 113.3 103.4 100.1 110.7 104.5 77.7 107.7 116.0 IT 105.0 102.3 106.7 105.1 99.1 96.3 98.1 108.4 97.7 106.9 103.2 106.5 58.4 101.8 105.1 CY 116.6 116.3 118.0 110.5 119.6 102.0 101.0 115.4 111.3 116.1 122.5 131.0 94.4 125.4 : LV 137.8 148.7 156.3 152.3 165.5 140.0 142.1 156.4 141.2 151.8 143.8 138.6 146.3 143.7 151.1 LT 164.1 166.7 177.1 182.8 174.4 174.4 170.6 185.3 176.9 187.7 187.8 187.1 192.7 181.3 188.0 LU 120.5 121.7 122.8 125.0 116.1 125.8 117.4 128.8 118.2 120.1 120.9 112.3 91.4 111.7 : HU 135.0 148.0 163.4 166.8 151.1 141.1 139.4 157.3 145.7 148.8 156.3 150.3 141.5 167.4 : MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 110.9 106.7 107.3 112.7 113.2 106.3 106.9 112.5 99.7 99.8 105.5 97.8 93.2 109.0 112.1 AT 123.5 128.6 138.6 139.8 129.3 114.1 122.4 142.1 130.8 132.5 136.4 135.9 120.7 143.8 : PL 133.1 143.3 161.2 157.8 155.8 145.0 143.6 164.8 154.7 158.5 159.8 152.6 154.1 166.4 175.1 PT 101.2 102.1 105.6 110.7 101.8 107.7 100.3 113.3 99.0 109.1 106.9 109.9 86.1 109.0 109.4 RO 131.6 134.4 147.0 143.3 134.4 126.2 133.5 147.1 131.9 150.5 145.5 144.2 137.0 148.3 152.3 SI 119.8 126.0 134.1 137.4 122.7 124.9 121.0 136.5 132.0 135.0 137.1 133.7 115.7 136.1 145.8 SK 135.4 140.8 157.1 156.6 141.9 150.7 145.3 165.9 152.5 165.5 159.9 156.2 146.0 168.3 184.2 FI 125.1 128.2 130.5 128.4 123.1 105.1 103.3 119.6 121.8 127.4 127.4 113.9 116.1 126.5 128.1 SE 112.2 115.0 117.5 119.5 126.5 111.7 116.0 126.1 120.1 120.9 124.9 87.2 101.6 118.3 119.4 UK 100.4 98.4 99.2 100.6 94.5 92.1 92.5 103.5 93.6 95.1 96.3 93.2 89.7 98.1 100.6 :Data not available.
