Intermediate goods increased by 2.2 percent in the euro-zone and by 2.4 percent in the EU25. Non-durable consumer goods gained 1.5 percent and 1.4 percent respectively. Durable consumer goods increased by 1.4 percent in both zones. Capital goods rose by 1.0 percent in the euro-zone and by 1.1 percent in the EU25.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases were observed in the United Kingdom (+15.8 percent), Denmark (+13.1 percent) and the Netherlands (+10.8 percent), and the lowest in the Czech Republic (+0.4 percent) and Slovenia (+1.6 percent).
Euro-zone: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
The index of producer prices shows (in the national currency of the country concerned) changes in the ex-works sale prices of all products sold on the domestic markets of the various countries, excluding imports. Euro-zone and EU25 indices refer to overall weighted price changes. The figures are not adjusted. Missing observations from Member States for the calculation of the euro-zone and the EU25 are estimated.
Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in News Release 26/2006 of 2 March 2006. The monthly growth rates for January 2006 for total industry excluding construction previously published were +1.2 percent in the euro-zone and +1.1 percent in the EU25. The annual growth rates were +5.3 percent in the euro-zone and +7.1 percent in the EU25.
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