Industry, trade and services
In December 2024, compared with November 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, production in construction gr...
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In December 2024, compared with November 2024, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.1% in the euro area and by 0.8% the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, industrial production grew by 0.4% in the eur...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Also in October 2024, services production rose by 0.3% in both the eu...
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In December 2024, compared with November 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, retail trade volume remained unchanged i...
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In December 2024, compared with November 2024, industrial producer prices increased by 0.4% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, industrial producer prices grew by 1.7% in both the euro area a...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, production in construction grew by 0.8%...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, industrial production grew by 0.2% in the euro ...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, services production fell by 0.1% in the eur...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, retail trade volume fell by 0.3% in the eu...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, industrial producer prices increased by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, industrial producer prices grew by 0.4% in both the euro ar...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.0% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, production in construction fell by 0...
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In 2023, the total production of jewellery in the EU reached €4 363 million, marking a 1% increase from €4 321 million in 2022.
Italy was the leading producer, with a production value of €1 559 million in 2023, or 36% of the EU’s total. France followed with €1 444 million (33%), ahead of Germany...
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In 2022, EU market producer enterprises controlled by countries outside the EU generated a net turnover of €5 657 billion, equivalent to 14.7% of all net turnover generated by EU enterprises (€38 494 billion).
At the same time, enterprises outside the EU, controlled by an EU resident institutio...
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In 2024, the estimated number of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments in the EU reached 2.99 billion, exceeding the previous year by 53.4 million, or 2%.
The growth in tourism nights was mainly driven by an increase in nights spent by international guests (+58.7 million), while t...
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During the third quarter of 2024, guests spent 366.2 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or Tripadvisor. This corresponds to an increase of 18% compared with the same period in 2023.
All 3 months in the third quarter of 2024 reco...
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In 2022, among the foreign affiliates controlled by the institutional units resident in the EU, 52.5% were located outside the EU.
The highest share of enterprises active outside the EU were reported for enterprises controlled by Ireland (65.7%), Spain and Croatia (61.8% each). The lowest share...
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In September 2024, the total market production decreased by 0.6% in the EU and by 0.7% in the euro area compared with the previous month.
The total market production index (TMPI) is a composite indicator that combines 4 short-term business statistics indicators covering most of the market econom...
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In 2023, the EU had around 33 million enterprises, employing 163 million persons. Those enterprises registered a net turnover of over €38 trillion.
Large enterprises (more than 249 persons employed) represented only 0.2% of the total number of enterprises in the EU’s business economy (53 000 en...
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51% of all enterprises in the EU reported that they had some form of innovation activity during the years 2020 to 2022, according to the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). The CIS reports about product and process innovation in businesses in the EU.
The latest CIS shows that Belgium had the h...
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In 2022, 1% of EU market producer enterprises were under foreign control. More than half, 63%, were controlled by institutional units from other EU countries, while 37% were resident outside the EU.
Even if small in numbers, foreign-controlled enterprises contributed significantly to the EU econ...
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Cycling is an eco-friendly and health-conscious mode of transportation with many fans. In 2023, 9.7 million bicycles were produced in the EU, a 24% decrease in bicycle production compared with 2022 (12.7 million).
Looking at the available non-confidential data, the biggest producer of bicycles i...
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In the third quarter of 2024, the number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses increased by 2.7% compared with the second quarter of 2024.
At the same time, business registrations also went up by 2.2% compared with the second quarter of 2024.
This information comes from data on business...
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The annual building permits data are business cycle indicators providing information on the development of granted building permits in one year. Builders apply for building permits and local building administrations issue them normally before the beginning of the construction work. Therefore b...
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The index of services production is a business indicator that measures the monthly changes in the production volume of the services industries (excluding financial and public services). Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national d...
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The objective of the building permit index is to show the future development of construction activity in terms of per square meter of useful floor. The current base year is 2021 (Index 2021 = 100). The index is presented in seasonally adjusted form. Growth rates with respect to the previous month...
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This table presents 3 indexes showing the development of labour input in the sector of industry (excluding construction): Number of persons employed, the hours worked and the wages and salaries. The number of person employed shows the development of employment in Industry. It can be defined as th...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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