The decrease of 1.1 percent in industrial production in the euro area is due to production of capital goods, which fell by 1.7 percent, energy by 1.4 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.7 percent and intermediate goods by 0.5 percent, while production of non-durable consumer goods remained unchanged.

The biggest increases in industrial production in July in EU were registered in Estonia (4.5 percent), Ireland (3.7 percent) and Denmark (2.3 percent), while the biggest decreases were in Slovakia (-15.9 percent), Czech Republic (-9.7 percent) and Netherlands (-5.8 percent).

Romania registered an increase of 0.6 percent after a growth of 2.2 percent in June.

In June 2016, industrial production rose by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU28. (source: business-review.eu)