13/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Rise in industrial production in eurozone and EU27 in November 2010. According to estimates published by Eurostat on Wednesday 12 January, industrial production rose by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU27 in November 2010, compared to October 2010. The largest increases were recorded in Sweden (+2.6%), France (+2.3%) and in the Czech Republic (+2.0%), and the largest falls were in Malta (-3.2%), Lithuania (-2.0%) and Greece (-1.5%). At an annual rate (November 2010/November 2009), industrial production increased by 7.4% in the eurozone and by 7.8% in the EU. The largest rises were recorded in Estonia (+35.0%), Lithuania (+17.2%) and Ireland (+14.2%), and the lowest in Portugal (+0.7%) and Spain (+2.3%). (Com-O.L./transl.jl)