The EU’s average industrial output declined 0.6% on the month, the statistics office Eurostat said.
Industrial production fell in 13 member states for which data were available, rose in nine and remained stable in the United Kingdom. The largest decreases were registered in Romania (-10.7%), Lithuania (-6.3%) and Sweden (-3.8%), and the highest increases in Portugal (+6.1%), Latvia (+2.2%) and Estonia (+2.0%).
In annual terms, industrial production fell in 16 and rose in seven EU countries in May. The largest decreases were registered in Ireland and Sweden (both -7.7%), Bulgaria (-6.0%) and Finland (-5.3%), and the highest increases in Lithuania (+21.6%), Estonia (+6.3%) and Portugal (+4.5%).
Romania’s industrial output fell 3.8% on the year in May, the data showed. EU’s average production was down 1.6%.