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Eurostat: Romania, among the European Union countries where industrial production increased in September
In September 2020, the seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.4% in the euro area and remained unchanged in the EU, compared with August 2020, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2020, industrial production grew by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU. In September 2020 compared with September 2019, industrial production decreased by 6.8% in the euro area and by 5.8% in the EU.
Monthly comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State
In the euro area in September 2020, compared with August 2020, production of durable consumer goods fell by 5.3%, energy by 1.0%, while production of intermediate goods rose by 0.5%, capital goods by 0.6% and nondurable consumer goods by 2.1%. In the EU, production of durable consumer goods fell by 3.9%, energy by 0.7%, while production of intermediate goods rose by 0.6%, capital goods by 1.2% and non-durable consumer goods by 1.4%.
Among Member States, for which data are available, the largest decreases were observed in Italy (-5.6%), Ireland (-4.7%) and Portugal (-3.8%). The highest increases were registered in Czechia (+4.1%), Slovakia (+3.4%) and Poland (+3.1%), France and Romania (both with 1.5%), the most severe decline being recorded in Italy (minus 5.6%), Ireland (minus 4.7%) and Portugal (minus 3.8%).
Annual comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State
In the euro area in September 2020, compared with September 2019, production of capital goods fell by 13.3%, energy by 4.5%, intermediate goods by 3.7%, durable consumer goods by 1.7% and non-durable consumer goods by 1.5%. In the EU, production of capital goods fell by 11.9%, energy by 4.8%, intermediate goods by 2.8% and non-durable consumer goods by 1.7%, while production of durable consumer goods rose by 0.7%.
Among Member States, for which data are available, the largest decreases were observed in Ireland (-13.6%), Germany (-8.7%), France and the Netherlands (both -6.1%). The only increases were observed in Poland (+3.3%) and Portugal (+2.5%).