2026.01.0908:33:40UTC+00Austria Industrial Output Falls in November

In November 2025, Austria experienced a downturn in industrial production, showing a decrease of 0.3% compared to the same month the previous year. This represented a shift from the heightened, though downwardly revised, growth of 2.3% observed in October. Within the industrial sector, output growth decelerated to 1.2% from October's 4.1%. Additionally, construction activities continued their decline, worsening to -4.9% from -3.1%.

Breaking down the industrial sectors, there was a notable reduction in energy production, which fell by 8.1% compared to a lesser decrease of 1.5% previously, and capital goods production, which dropped by 2.2% against a prior increase of 5.7%. Conversely, intermediate goods saw a slower growth of 3.5% compared to 5.2% in October. Nonetheless, there was a marked acceleration in the output of consumer goods, both durables and non-durables, with consumer durables rising by 11.4% from 1.6%, and non-durables increasing to 6.1% from 3.4%.

On a seasonally adjusted month-to-month basis, industrial production showed a 1% decrease in November, a shift from the revised upward gain of 0.3% registered in the previous month.