Durable consumer goods grew by 4.8 percent and 6.8 percent respectively.
Capital goods gained 4.2 percent in the euro area and 4.9 percent in the EU25. Non-durable consumer goods rose by 2.2 percent and 2.1 percent respectively.
Production of energy fell by 0.4 percent in the euro area and by 2.2 percent in the EU25.
In October 2006, and among the Member States for which data are available, industrial production rose in nineteen Member States and fell in two.
The highest increases were registered in Poland (+12.3 percent), Slovakia (+11.1 percent), the Czech Republic (+8.7 percent) and Slovenia (+8.3 percent), while the only decreases were recorded in Finland (-0.8 percent) and the Netherlands (-0.5 percent).
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