Lithuania posts one of EU's largest monthly decreases in industrial production

Lithuania posted one of the largest monthly decreases in industrial production among the EU's member states in August, the latest figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on Tuesday.

Lithuania's industrial production fell by 2.4 percent in August from July, the third-largest decrease after Slovakia's 2.6 percent and Croatia's 3 percent.

Latvia's industrial output rose by 3 percent and Estonia registered 3.9 percent growth.

Year-on-year, industrial production edged down by 0.4 percent in Lithuania and contracted by 2.4 percent by Estonia, but rose by 2.1 percent in Latvia.

In the EU-28, industrial production declined by 2 percent over the year, but inched down by 0.1 percent month-on-month.