STAT/08/36 12 March 2008 January 2008 compared with December 2007 Industrial production up by 0.9% in both euro area and EU27
In January 2008 compared with December 2007, seasonally adjusted industrial production1 grew by 0.9% in both the euro area2 (EA15) and the EU272. In December 20073 production remained stable in both zones.
In January 2008 compared with January 2007, industrial production rose by 3.8% in the euro area and by 3.5% 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 January 2008 compared with December 2007, production of capital goods increased by 2.7% in the euro area and by 2.5% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods grew by 1.9% and 1.5% respectively. Intermediate goods rose by 0.8% in both zones. Non-durable consumer goods gained 0.6% in the euro area and 0.8% in the EU27. Production of energy fell by 2.9% and 2.1% respectively.
In January 2008, among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in ten, remained stable in the United Kingdom and fell in three. The highest increases were registered in Lithuania (+5.9%), Poland (+5.7%) and Slovakia (+4.6%), while the largest decrease was recorded in Portugal (-1.7%).
Annual comparison
In January 2008 compared with January 2007, production of capital goods increased by 7.5% in the euro area and by 7.1% in the EU27. Production of energy grew by 5.0% and 3.8% respectively. Intermediate goods rose by 2.1% in both zones. Non-durable consumer goods gained 1.7% in the euro area and 1.1% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods increased by 0.1% and 1.9% respectively.
In January 2008, among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in twelve and fell in Portugal (-1.7%) and Latvia (-0.4%). The highest increases were registered in Poland (+10.7%), Lithuania (+8.5%) and Slovakia (+8.4%).
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.
The euro area (EA13) consisted of 13 Member States up to 31 December 2007: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Finland. From 1 January 2008 the euro area (EA15) also includes Cyprus and Malta.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).
As part of Eurostat's guidelines for the dissemination of data when the EU or euro area is enlarged, the aggregate data series commented on in this News Release refer to the official composition of the euro area in the most recent month for which data is available. Thus News Releases with data for months up to December 2007 commented on EA13 series, while News Releases with data for January 2008 onwards comment on EA15 series.
Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 20/2008 of 13 February 2008. The figures for December 2007 were -0.2% both in the EA15 and the EU27 for the monthly changes, and +1.3% in the EA15 and +1.2% in the EU27 for the yearly changes. Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN Tel:+352-4301-33 444 mailto:eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Digna AMIL Tel:+352-4301-32 321 mailto: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*
Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 EA15 Total industry 1.2 -0.9 0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.9 Intermediate goods 1.2 -1.4 0.6 -0.6 0.4 0.8 Energy 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 -2.9 Capital goods 1.5 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 2.7 Durable consumer goods 3.8 -3.8 -0.1 -1.9 -0.1 1.9 Non-durable consumer goods 1.5 -1.3 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.6 EU27 Total industry 0.9 -0.7 0.7 -0.3 0.0 0.9 Intermediate goods 0.9 -1.3 0.6 -0.5 0.4 0.8 Energy 0.2 0.0 0.8 -0.1 0.3 -2.1 Capital goods 1.5 -1.0 1.2 -0.3 -0.2 2.5 Durable consumer goods 3.4 -2.8 0.1 -1.2 0.0 1.5 Non-durable consumer goods 1.2 -1.2 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.8 Total industry Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 EA15 1.2 -0.9 0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.9 EU27 0.9 -0.7 0.7 -0.3 0.0 0.9 EA13 1.2 -0.9 0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.9 Belgium -0.2 -0.8 -0.3 1.6 -2.0 : Bulgaria -0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.9 -1.8 : Czech Republic -1.3 -0.7 2.6 -0.2 0.3 : Denmark -0.4 -1.7 5.6 -2.6 -3.4 : Germany 1.9 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 1.4 1.3 Estonia 0.7 0.5 2.3 -0.3 -5.7 3.6 Ireland -6.1 -4.7 3.4 -1.5 2.4 : Greece -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 1.6 0.0 : Spain 0.9 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 -0.2 1.5 France 0.2 -1.2 1.9 -1.6 0.6 0.5 Italy 1.1 -1.4 -0.9 -0.8 0.0 1.3 Cyprus 0.2 0.0 0.8 -0.6 1.1 : Latvia 1.2 -2.1 -1.3 1.0 -2.4 2.3 Lithuania 1.9 -7.3 2.8 -1.6 -1.6 5.9 Luxembourg 1.4 -2.6 2.2 1.1 2.3 : Hungary 0.8 0.2 -0.9 0.3 0.9 : Malta : : : : : : Netherlands -0.8 3.4 0.2 1.8 3.0 : Austria 1.0 0.0 -0.4 -2.0 5.3 : Poland -0.1 0.9 2.0 -0.3 -0.9 5.7 Portugal 2.5 1.1 0.4 -3.7 2.1 -1.7 Romania -1.5 3.0 -0.4 -1.1 0.0 2.2 Slovenia 0.1 -0.9 3.3 -2.8 -1.3 : Slovakia -4.9 4.0 0.8 1.0 -3.0 4.6 Finland 0.2 0.7 0.0 2.1 -1.9 -0.2 Sweden -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 1.7 0.3 -0.1 United Kingdom 0.0 -0.4 0.8 -0.4 0.0 0.0 *Seasonally adjusted :Data not available
Industrial production - annual variation
% change compared with same month of the previous year*
Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 EA15 Total industry 4.6 3.4 4.3 3.1 1.7 3.8 Intermediate goods 3.5 2.8 3.2 1.9 0.4 2.1 Energy 1.7 3.9 6.7 6.2 4.3 5.0 Capital goods 7.6 5.4 7.1 5.0 3.3 7.5 Durable consumer goods 4.6 1.1 0.5 -3.6 -4.6 0.1 Non-durable consumer goods 5.2 2.0 2.2 1.6 0.5 1.7 EU27 Total industry 4.2 3.0 4.0 2.9 1.6 3.5 Intermediate goods 3.4 2.4 2.9 1.9 0.6 2.1 Energy 1.1 2.2 5.2 4.3 4.0 3.8 Capital goods 7.4 5.6 7.6 5.2 3.6 7.1 Durable consumer goods 6.8 2.8 2.1 -0.8 -1.5 1.9 Non-durable consumer goods 3.7 0.9 1.3 1.0 -0.7 1.1 Total industry Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 EA15 4.6 3.4 4.3 3.1 1.7 3.8 EU27 4.2 3.0 4.0 2.9 1.6 3.5 EA13 4.6 3.4 4.3 3.1 1.7 3.8 Belgium 3.4 1.2 0.0 3.9 -1.8 : Bulgaria 8.4 10.3 9.9 7.4 4.0 : Czech Republic 6.1 3.2 6.6 4.9 4.7 : Denmark 0.9 0.4 3.0 -1.4 -2.3 : Germany 6.0 6.6 6.9 4.9 5.4 6.9 Estonia 4.2 7.1 7.6 6.2 0.4 4.2 Ireland 8.1 3.9 10.3 13.8 1.0 : Greece 0.5 2.5 0.3 4.7 1.6 : Spain 1.6 0.7 2.5 -1.0 -2.3 0.7 France 3.6 0.0 4.3 2.3 0.8 2.2 Italy 3.4 0.3 -1.4 -2.4 -6.4 0.5 Cyprus 3.1 2.2 5.8 4.2 3.1 : Latvia 3.7 0.5 -3.0 0.2 -6.7 -0.4 Lithuania 13.9 0.0 6.7 3.6 7.2 8.5 Luxembourg -2.0 -4.5 -1.5 -1.5 0.8 : Hungary 12.2 9.0 6.0 5.8 5.3 : Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 4.0 8.5 8.9 9.8 10.3 : Austria 5.6 5.5 4.6 1.9 7.7 : Poland 8.8 7.2 8.9 8.4 6.3 10.7 Portugal 1.3 1.5 4.5 -2.1 -1.2 -1.7 Romania 4.3 6.2 3.6 3.9 -0.1 5.6 Slovenia 8.9 4.1 8.6 2.3 -0.1 : Slovakia 4.9 11.9 12.7 13.2 6.6 8.4 Finland 3.7 4.8 4.8 10.5 2.5 2.2 Sweden 4.5 1.2 0.6 3.4 1.5 2.6 United Kingdom 0.8 -0.6 1.6 -0.1 0.2 0.5 *Working day adjusted :Data not available
Production indices for total industry excluding construction seasonally adjusted
(base year 2000)
01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 11/07 12/07 01/08 EA15 109.8 110.6 111.2 110.3 111.4 111.5 112.2 113.5 112.6 113.3 112.9 112.9 114.0 EU27 109.9 110.5 111.0 110.4 111.3 111.4 112.0 113.0 112.3 113.0 112.7 112.7 113.7 EA13 109.8 110.6 111.2 110.3 111.4 111.5 112.2 113.5 112.6 113.3 112.9 112.9 114.0 BE 112.7 112.6 113.5 113.3 112.6 113.0 113.8 113.5 112.6 112.2 114.0 111.8 : BG 162.8 171.6 171.8 174.7 174.1 175.0 178.6 177.9 178.5 178.6 176.9 173.7 : CZ 160.5 162.1 163.9 162.4 161.2 163.0 164.7 162.5 161.4 165.5 165.3 165.8 : DK 112.9 110.1 108.7 106.3 105.3 106.9 109.8 109.4 107.5 113.5 110.5 106.7 : DE 115.7 117.0 117.6 116.2 118.5 118.6 118.7 121.0 121.0 120.9 120.6 122.3 123.9 EE 182.5 184.4 185.6 185.6 188.3 190.2 188.1 189.4 190.4 194.7 194.1 183.0 189.5 IE 153.1 146.8 147.1 136.2 137.8 135.8 155.3 145.9 139.1 143.8 141.6 145.0 : EL 103.6 102.3 102.4 99.1 101.7 102.3 103.0 102.6 102.3 101.9 103.5 103.5 : ES 109.1 108.8 109.3 109.0 109.3 108.9 108.6 109.5 108.9 109.9 108.2 108.1 109.7 FR 102.9 104.2 104.1 103.5 104.3 103.6 105.4 105.6 104.3 106.3 104.6 105.2 105.7 IT 99.7 98.9 99.1 98.5 99.2 98.9 99.1 100.2 98.8 97.9 97.1 97.1 98.4 CY 111.0 112.4 114.3 112.9 113.9 115.8 116.4 116.6 116.7 117.6 116.8 118.2 : LV 145.4 147.7 147.6 144.7 146.7 145.6 147.2 148.9 145.7 143.8 145.2 141.7 144.9 LT 175.9 176.3 177.9 182.2 187.6 189.0 191.8 195.4 181.1 186.2 183.2 180.2 190.8 LU 120.0 118.5 119.9 116.9 118.5 120.0 115.1 116.7 113.6 116.1 117.4 120.1 : HU 152.0 151.8 151.4 151.3 151.8 155.4 157.2 158.5 158.8 157.3 157.8 159.2 : MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 101.2 103.3 103.1 102.6 104.5 108.7 108.6 107.7 111.4 111.6 113.6 117.0 : AT 129.7 131.9 133.0 131.8 134.4 132.3 134.5 135.8 135.8 135.3 132.6 139.6 : PL 155.2 157.9 158.5 154.4 159.1 157.5 159.8 159.7 161.1 164.4 163.9 162.4 171.6 PT 105.2 103.4 106.7 101.8 105.6 104.9 103.2 105.8 107.0 107.4 103.4 105.6 103.8 RO 137.4 141.9 141.2 134.6 144.5 141.6 142.1 140.0 144.2 143.6 142.0 142.0 145.1 SI 130.2 130.1 132.9 132.9 131.3 134.7 134.0 134.1 132.9 137.3 133.4 131.6 : SK 154.9 153.0 156.6 156.4 161.4 157.6 163.9 155.8 162.0 163.3 165.0 160.1 167.5 FI 121.3 122.9 123.8 122.5 123.7 126.3 124.9 125.1 126.0 126.0 128.6 126.2 126.0 SE 114.2 115.0 115.9 115.1 115.4 116.1 116.6 116.3 115.0 114.9 116.9 117.2 117.1 UK 95.3 94.8 95.2 95.4 96.4 96.2 95.8 95.8 95.4 96.2 95.8 95.8 95.8 :Data not available.
Production indices for total industry excluding construction working day adjusted
(base year 2000)
01/05 01/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 11/07 12/07 01/08 EA15 99.6 102.8 106.2 107.5 119.0 109.2 112.1 115.7 113.0 92.1 116.5 120.5 118.9 110.1 110.3 EU27 99.6 102.6 106.1 107.0 118.6 109.0 112.0 115.0 110.7 95.3 115.9 120.1 119.0 110.5 109.8 EA13 99.6 102.8 106.2 107.5 119.0 109.2 112.1 115.7 113.0 92.1 116.5 120.5 118.9 110.1 110.3 BE 102.3 106.2 110.8 108.8 121.0 113.1 115.0 119.9 104.5 104.7 118.2 120.6 118.4 111.1 : BG 133.7 142.1 144.8 159.5 181.3 166.4 166.2 179.2 183.7 175.6 180.2 183.5 184.8 191.2 : CZ 124.4 141.1 156.3 151.5 175.9 163.8 168.6 168.0 157.5 143.8 164.1 175.3 181.1 157.6 : DK 102.4 105.8 111.5 105.2 115.0 100.2 104.6 112.5 89.3 108.5 114.2 122.4 119.1 104.0 : DE 98.3 102.8 108.8 112.0 124.8 115.2 116.2 120.8 120.0 110.9 126.6 127.8 128.7 116.2 116.3 EE 139.1 160.3 173.4 175.7 198.1 185.4 199.6 196.2 169.0 189.0 194.0 207.0 202.0 186.2 180.6 IE 118.6 130.7 142.1 144.6 153.7 144.4 142.4 146.2 135.5 138.5 137.3 147.2 146.6 145.3 : EL 87.8 89.0 93.7 101.2 102.7 97.3 106.3 108.8 111.5 93.7 106.9 102.6 102.9 99.1 : ES 98.5 102.0 106.9 106.9 115.8 106.4 116.6 115.6 114.9 80.1 110.9 116.4 113.1 99.1 107.7 FR 103.9 104.3 103.8 102.0 113.3 103.3 100.0 110.7 104.5 77.8 107.9 116.5 108.7 105.4 106.1 IT 92.6 94.2 96.3 98.1 108.4 97.8 106.9 103.2 106.5 58.4 101.8 105.2 102.6 92.9 96.8 CY 102.8 101.9 102.0 101.0 115.4 111.3 116.1 122.5 130.9 94.4 126.2 124.8 115.1 123.3 : LV 126.6 137.4 139.8 142.0 156.4 141.4 151.9 143.9 138.8 146.0 143.9 151.9 152.4 154.2 139.3 LT 155.6 174.2 173.9 170.0 185.5 176.7 186.9 187.6 187.2 192.7 181.1 188.9 189.3 187.0 188.7 LU 118.8 124.0 125.8 117.5 129.3 118.4 120.3 121.1 112.8 92.0 112.4 121.0 123.2 116.8 : HU 114.1 125.8 141.1 139.5 157.5 145.9 148.9 156.6 150.6 141.6 167.8 173.2 176.4 159.0 : MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 107.5 110.4 106.0 106.6 112.2 99.4 99.5 105.1 97.5 92.9 108.7 116.8 123.7 124.9 : AT 101.5 106.7 114.2 122.4 142.1 130.8 132.5 136.4 135.9 120.8 144.8 145.0 142.4 139.2 : PL 116.6 125.8 145.2 146.1 163.1 153.4 161.1 156.6 152.9 154.3 166.8 175.8 171.2 164.4 160.8 PT 102.9 101.8 107.7 100.3 113.3 99.0 109.1 106.9 109.9 86.1 109.2 110.3 108.4 100.6 105.9 RO 114.7 122.8 126.7 133.4 146.9 131.9 150.5 145.6 144.2 137.1 148.3 152.3 148.9 134.3 133.8 SI 107.9 115.4 124.8 121.0 136.5 132.1 135.0 137.0 133.7 115.7 136.1 145.6 140.5 122.7 : SK 120.7 128.1 150.3 145.4 165.6 153.3 165.6 159.7 156.3 144.5 164.2 177.1 177.0 152.1 163.0 FI 102.1 106.3 106.9 108.1 125.7 125.0 133.8 138.1 119.2 122.4 133.7 138.8 144.1 127.5 109.3 SE 102.0 108.1 111.9 116.2 126.3 120.1 120.9 124.8 87.1 101.6 118.2 118.2 123.6 128.4 114.8 UK 92.6 92.0 91.8 91.3 101.9 93.3 95.7 96.9 93.3 89.8 97.5 101.9 101.6 94.6 92.3 :Data not available
