The EU’s average growth was 1.3%, the statistics office Eurostat said.
Industrial production rose in 14 member states for which data were available and fell in nine. The largest increases were registered in Ireland (+12.2%), Slovakia (+7.8%) and Poland (+7.1%), and the largest decreases in Greece (-12.4%), Luxembourg (-11.3%) and Finland (-6%).
In October compared with September, industrial production fell in 14 states, remained stable in France and rose in eight. The highest decreases were registered in Greece (-4.4%), Lithuania (-3.7%) and Luxembourg (-3.6%), and the largest increases in Ireland (+6.6%), Estonia (+2.9%), Malta and Slovakia (both +0.9%).
Romania’s industrial output inched down 0.1% on the month in October, while EU’s average production was down 0.2%.