The EU’s average output inched up 0.4% on the year, the statistics office Eurostat said. The data are adjusted for seasonal factors
Industrial production rose in 11 member states for which data were available and fell in 11. The largest increases were registered in Romania, Poland (+5.3%) and Estonia (+4.7%), and the largest decreases in Finland (-5.9%), Bulgaria (-4.4%) and the Czech Republic (-3.0%).
On a monthly basis, industrial production rose in 14 and fell in eight EU countries in June. The highest growth was registered in Ireland (+8.7%), Romania (+5.7%) and Poland, and the largest decreases in the Netherlands (-4.1%), Portugal (-2.8%) and France (-1.5%).
EU’s average production was up 0.9%.