The EU’s average growth was 4.3%, the statistics office Eurostat said.
Industrial production rose in 17 member states for which data were available and fell in five. The highest increases were registered in Estonia (+22.7%), Ireland (+10.1%), Germany (+7.8%) and Romania, and the largest decreases in Greece (-12.3%) and Malta (-2.2%).
In August compared with July, industrial production rose in 12 states and fell in 10. The largest increases were registered in Portugal (+8.2%), Ireland (+4.4%) and Italy (+4.3%), and the highest decreases in Denmark (-3%), Sweden (-2.7%) and Bulgaria (-2.1%).
Romania’s industrial output increased 1.9% on the month in August, while EU’s average production was up 0.9%.