The EU’s average output inched up 0.5% on the year, the statistics office Eurostat said.
The biggest increases were registered in Luxembourg (+13.5%), Romania and Hungary (+8.1%), and the highest decreases in the Netherlands (-12.5%), Lithuania (-10.2%) and Finland (-5.4).
On a monthly basis, EU’s adjusted industrial production edged down 0.2% in March, the data showed. The largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Portugal (-4.8%), Lithuania (-3.7%), Sweden (-2.5%) and Greece (-1.9%), and the highest increases in Ireland (+5.6%), Denmark (+3.1%) and Slovenia (+2.0%).’
In Romania, industrial production increased 1.1% on the month in March.