According to Eurostat’s data, Croatia, Ireland and Denmark have seen the biggest October growth of industrial production in the EU. Ireland did best, with monthly growth of 10.6%, followed by Denmark, with 2.8% and Croatia with 2.7%. This is almost two times the 1.4% growth recorded in September.
The biggest monthly drop was recorded in Malta, -6.1%, followed by Portugal, -2.3% and The Netherlands, -1.8% down.
On EU level, adjusted industrial production in October grew by 0.3% compared to September, when it went half a percent down.
The biggest sectoral growth was recorded in production of non-durable consumer goods, whereas the production of durable consumer goods went down by -1.7%.
In the Eurozone, industrial production went 0.2% up compared to September 2017, when it went down the EU average -0.5%. The Eurozone produced 0.5% of non-durable consumer goods more than in September, but production of durable consumer goods went -1.9% down.