May-June 2013: Industrial production up by 0.7% in eurozone, 0.9% in EU27

In June 2013 compared with May 2013, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 0.7% in the eurozone (EA17) and by 0.9% in the EU27, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May, production decreased by 0.2% and 0.4% respectively.

In June 2013 compared with June 2012, industrial production increased by 0.3% in the eurozone 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 eurozone and by 4.2% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 2.5% in both zones. Intermediate goods rose by 0.5% in the eurozone 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 eurozone and by 1.3% in the EU27.

Among the member states for which data are available, industrial production rose in 14 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%).

Annual comparison

In June 2013 compared with June 2012, capital goods grew by 3.3% in the eurozone and by 3.2% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods fell by 1.0% in the eurozone 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%).

The index of industrial production measures the evolution of the volume of production for industry excluding construction, based on data adjusted for working day and seasonal effects. Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data. Eurostat carries out the seasonal adjustment of the data for those countries that do not adjust their data for seasonal effects.

The weights of the member states in the EU and eurozone aggregates can be found here.

More detailed data can be found in the short-term statistics database on the Eurostat website.

The euro area (EA17) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

Up to 30 June 2013, the European Union (EU27) included 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). From 1 July 2013 the European Union (EU28) also includes Croatia (HR).

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