Brussels, 16/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - In September 2006, industrial production fell by 1% in the euro zone and by 0.6% in the EU25 compared with August, when there were increases of 1.7% and 1.2% respectively. Compared with the same period in 2005, industrial production rose by 3.3% in both zones, says Eurostat. The monthly comparison shows that the production of durable consumer goods fell by 3.3% in the euro zone and by 1.3% in the EU25; intermediate goods decreased by 2.2% and 1.6%; and non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.5% and 0.4%. Capital goods recorded a fall of 0.5% in the euro zone and 0.2% in the EU25, while energy production fell by 0.3% and 0.4% respectively. Industrial production increased in eight Member States and fell in fourteen. The largest increases were recorded in Hungary (+3.3%), Lithuania (+2.3%), Poland (+2.2%) and Slovenia (+1.7%), and the largest falls were in Ireland (-3.6%), Greece and Luxemburg (-2.9% each), and in Latvia and Portugal (-2.5% each). Compared with September 2005, capital goods increased by 4.8% in the euro zone and by 5.4% in the EU25, intermediate goods rose by 4.5% in both zones and durable consumer goods rose by 4.2% and 6.1% respectively. Seventeen Member States saw a rise in industrial production, and five a fall. (ab)