Brussels, 20/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Compared to July, there was a fall in industrial production in August in the Euro-zone (-0.6%) as there was in the EU 25 (-0.5%). Compared to August 2003, industrial production rose in both zones by 1.5%. Consumer non-durable goods and intermediate goods remained relatively stable between July and August 2004, but energy production fell by 0.2% in the Euro zone and by 0.9% in the EU 25. Investment goods fell respectively by 0.3% and 0.5% and consumer durables by -2.6% and 1%. The sharpest rises were observed in Slovakia (+2.3%) and Sweden (+1.8%). The sharpest falls were in Ireland (-13%), Greece and the Czech Republic (-3.3%). Over a year, falls were mainly experienced in consumer goods (-1.1% and -1.4%) energy (-0.3% and -0.4%). Data is available for 14 countries where industrial production increased over a year: Poland (+8.4%) and Finland (+7.2%) and fort seven countries where is declined, including Ireland (-12.6%) and Portugal (-4.5%).