Malta’s industrial production decreased by 3.2 per cent between March 2017 and March 2018 – the second largest decrease in the eurozone.
Eurostat reported on Tuesday that the eurozone saw an increase of 3 per cent during that period, with the highest increases registered in Lithuania (+11.5%), Estonia (+7.6%) and Finland (+7.0%), and the largest decreases in Ireland (-14.7%), Malta (-3.2%) and Slovakia (-2.3%).
The increase of 3% was due to production of energy rising by 8.1%, capital goods by 2.7%, durable consumer goods by 2.6%, non-durable consumer goods by 1.8% and intermediate goods by 1.6%.