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Notiziario Marketpress di
Mercoledì 20 Aprile 2005
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FEBRUARY 2005 COMPARED TO JANUARY 2005 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN BY 0.5% IN EURO-ZONE EU25 DOWN BY 0.4% |
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Bruxelles, 20 April 2005 - Seasonally adjusted industrial production1 fell by 0.5% in the euro-zone2 in February 2005 compared to January, estimates Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Production increased by 0.3% in both January 20053 and December 2004. Output in the Eu25 decreased by 0.4% in February 2005, after rising by 0.3% in January3 and remaining stable in December. In February 2005 compared to February 2004, industrial production rose by 0.6% in the euro-zone and by 0.4% in the Eu25. [Graphic in Pdf & Word format] Monthly comparison In February 2005 compared to January 2005, only the energy sector grew, by 3.9% in the euro-zone and by 3.1% in the Eu25. Durable consumer goods decreased by 0.5% and 0.7% respectively. Capital goods dropped by 0.7% in the euro-zone and by 0.6% in the Eu25. Non-durable consumer goods declined by 0.8% and 0.7% respectively. Intermediate goods fell by 1.4% in the euro-zone and by 1.5% in the Eu25. In February 2005, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eight Member States and fell in thirteen. The highest increases were registered in Estonia (+5.2%), the Netherlands (+4.7%), Portugal (+3.5%) and Latvia (+2.2%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Ireland (-9.0%), Denmark (-1.7%), Belgium (-1.5%) and Germany (-1.4%). Annual comparison In February 2005, compared to February 2004, the energy sector rose by 2.0% in the euro-zone and remained stable in the Eu25. Capital goods gained 1.1% in the euro-zone and 1.3% in the Eu25. Non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. Intermediate goods grew by 0.4% in the euro-zone and by 0.3% in the Eu25. Durable consumer goods fell by 4.1% and 2.6% respectively. In February 2005, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in eleven Member States, fell in nine and remained unchanged in Slovakia. The highest increases were registered in the Czech Republic (+6.9%), Estonia (+6.8%), Sweden (+3.1%) and Germany (+2.9%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Denmark (-5.3%), Ireland (-4.7%), Italy (-2.5%) and Finland (-2.0%). 1. For methodology, see News Release 38/2000 of 23 March 2000 and for the currently used weights, see News Release 68/2003 of 17 June 2003. 2. Euro-zone: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. 3. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 38/2005 of 17 March 2005. The figures for January 2005 were +0.5% in the euro-zone and +0.4% in the Eu25 for the monthly changes, and +2.2% in the euro-zone and +1.7% in the Eu25 for the yearly changes. 4. Total industry (excluding construction). According to the Council Regulation 1165/98 Eurostat publishes national seasonally adjusted data if available. For the other Member States (the Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg and Austria) Eurostat performs the adjustment. This means that different methodologies are used to make the seasonal adjustment of the national series. The seasonally adjusted euro-zone, Eu25 and Eu15 series are calculated by aggregating the working day adjusted series from individual Member States and performing an adjustment for seasonal effects on these series. Therefore the seasonally adjusted figures for total industry (excluding construction) is based directly on the working day adjusted series coming from the Member States and not on an aggregation of the seasonally adjusted indices from the Member States. The euro-zone, Eu25 and Eu15 seasonally adjusted growth rates might differ from the weighted growth rates of the individual Member States (see Methodology of the industrial production index). This procedure also implies that the aggregation of the overall figures is not based on the published details (intermediate, capital, durable, non-durable goods, energy).
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