Brussels, 02/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - From April to May, industrial production prices went up by 0.6% in both the eurozone and the EU25, according to estimates published by Eurostat. From May 2003 to May 2004, they rose 2.4% in the eurozone and 2.6% in the EU25. All these rises can be put down to the hike in energy costs. In May 2004, energy costs rose +2.3% in the eurozone and +2.1% in the EU25 compared with the previous month, and by +5.5% and +6.1% in the two zones on an annual basis. The biggest rises in May were recorded in Cyprus (+2.8%), Lithuania (+2.2%) and Hungary (+1.2%), with only Sweden recording a fall (-0.2%). On an annual basis, the highest rises included Hungary (+10%), Latvia (+6.9%) and Cyprus (+5.6%) with the lowest rises recorded in Finland (+0.1%), Ireland (+0.9%) and Germany (+1.6%).