In March 2020 measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus, widely implemented by member States of the European Union, had a significant impact on industrial production, said documents Eurostat.
the seasonally adjusted industrial production in the Euro area fell by 11.3% and 10.4% in the rest of the EU, compared to February 2020. In February 2020, industrial production in the Eurozone fell by 0.1%.
In the annual comparison in March 2020, Eurozone industrial production dropped 12.9% and 11.8% in other EU countries.
the Largest drop in industrial production in March 2020 was recorded in Italy (-28,4%), Slovakia (-20,3%) and France (-16,4%).
the biggest growth was observed in Ireland (+ 15.5 percent), Greece (+ 1.9 per cent), Finland (+ 1.9 percent) and Lithuania (+ 0.7 percent).
