Luxembourg, 24/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - Seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.6% in the euro-zone in November 2000 compared to October of the same year. Eurostat, which published these figures on 19 January, states that the rise comes in the wake of decreases of 0.1% and 0.8% recorded in October and September last respectively. Production in the Europe of Fifteen (EU15) was up 0.8% in November after falls of 0.4% and 0.8% in October and September.
In November, the largest rise was recorded for durable consumer goods both in the euro-zone and in EU15. Furthermore, Eurostat stresses that industrial production increased in almost all Member States, with the largest increases in the Netherlands and Luxembourg (both 2.8%). Denmark, Belgium and Portugal recorded slight decreases of between -0.1% and -0.6%.
Compared to figures for November 1999, those published by Eurostat show an annual rise of 4.4% for industrial production in the euro-zone and 4% in the EU15. In one year, the production increased the most (+17.3%) in Finland, while Belgium recorded a fall in production of 0.2%. For the other EU Member States, the growth in their industrial production is around the European average.