Compared with August 2025, industrial production in August 2026 decreased by 1.1 per cent in the euro area and by 0.2 per cent in the EU, the data showed.
By main industrial grouping, euro-area production fell month on month by 0.8 per cent for intermediate goods, 0.6 per cent for energy and 2.7 per cent for non-durable consumer goods, while capital goods rose by 0.4 per cent and durable consumer goods increased by 0.2 per cent, Eurostat said in a press release.
Seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.5 per cent in the euro area and 0.3 per cent in the EU in August 2026 from July, according to the Eurostat.
Output also declined year on year, by 1.1 per cent in the euro area and 0.2 per cent in the EU.
Non-durable consumer goods dropped 2.7 per cent month on month in the euro area and 2.3 per cent in the EU.
Across the EU, output was down by 0.3 per cent for intermediate goods, 0.5 per cent for energy and 2.3 per cent for non-durable consumer goods; capital goods rose by 0.7 per cent and durable consumer goods were stable.
Among member states, the largest monthly decreases were in Belgium, where production fell by 5.1 per cent, Ireland, down by 3.1 per cent, and Portugal, down by 2.0 per cent. The highest monthly increases were in Sweden at 6.5 per cent, Estonia at 4.3 per cent and the Netherlands at 2.6 per cent.
On an annual basis, euro-area output declined by 0.4 per cent for intermediate goods and by 9.1 per cent for non-durable consumer goods, while energy rose by 3.1 per cent, capital goods by 3.0 per cent and durable consumer goods by 0.4 per cent. In the EU, intermediate goods increased by 0.3 per cent, energy by 2.4 per cent, capital goods by 3.6 per cent and durable consumer goods by 0.8 per cent, while non-durable consumer goods decreased by 6.7 per cent.
The largest annual decreases were recorded in Ireland, where production fell by 15.0 per cent, Belgium, down by 7.1 per cent, and Bulgaria, down by 5.4 per cent. The highest annual increases were observed in the Netherlands at 9.8 per cent, Hungary at 8.8 per cent and Denmark at 8.3 per cent.
Compared with data issued in Eurostat’s September 16, 2026 news release, the monthly percentage change for July 2026 was revised from minus 0.1 per cent to minus 0.3 per cent in the euro area and from minus 0.3 per cent to minus 0.4 per cent in the EU. The annual percentage change was revised from 0 per cent to minus 0.3 per cent in the euro area and from plus 0.3 per cent to plus 0.2 per cent in the EU.
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