The EU’s average output declined 1% on the year, the statistics office Eurostat said.
Industrial production rose in seven member states for which data were available and fell in thirteen. The highest increases were Poland (+9.1%), Latvia (+8.2%) and Slovakia (+7%), and the largest decreases in Luxembourg (-10.4%), Finland (-6%) and Greece (-5.2%).
In January compared with December, industrial production rose in 14 and fell in six states. The highest increases were registered in Slovakia (+6.1%), Lithuania (+3.6%) and Malta (+3.3%), and the largest decreases in Finland (-5.1%) and Italy (-2.5%).
Romania’s industrial output inched up 0.5% on the month in January, while EU’s average production was up 0.2%.