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Eurozone industrial production remains stable in Dec.

Xinhua, February 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seasonally adjusted industrial production in the euro area in December last year was stable and rose by 0.1 percent in the wider 28-nation European Union (EU) compared with the previous month, according to estimates released Thursday from Eurostat, the EU's statistical office.

The figure was stable in the euro area, which had 18 member states by December last year, due to production of durable consumer goods rising by 2.3 percent, intermediate goods by 1.1 percent, energy by 1.0 percent and capital goods by 0.2 percent, while non-durable consumer goods fell by 1.8 percent.

The largest decreases in industrial production were registered in Ireland, Portugal and Malta, while the highest increases were seen in Poland, France and Sweden.

On a yearly basis, industrial production in December 2014 decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area mainly due to the production of energy falling by 1.7 percent.

Average industrial production for the year 2014, compared with 2013, rose by 0.6 percent in the euro area and by 1.0 percent in the EU. Endit