The increase of 0.2% in industrial production in the euro area in October 2017, compared with September 2017, is due to production of non-durable consumer goods rising by 0.5% and energy by 0.1%, while production of intermediate goods remained stable, capital goods fell by 0.3% and durable consumer goods by 1.9%. In the EU28, the increase of 0.3% is due to production of non-durable consumer goods rising by 0.7% and intermediate goods by 0.2%, while production of both energy and capital goods fell by 0.2% and durable consumer goods by 1.7%.
Eurozone Industrial Production increased by 0.2%
- Wednesday, Dec 13 2017
In October 2017 compared with September 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 0.2% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.3% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2017, the industrial production fell by 0.5% in both zones. In October 2017 compared with October 2016, industrial production increased by 3.7% in the euro area and by 4.2% in the EU28.