October 2011 Monthly Industry Briefing: Intermediate Goods M 28 Oct 2011

In the EU27, taking July and August together output of wood products and fuel products was broadly flat, while that of paper products and rubber and plastic products rose by around 1% and that of mineral products (mostly for building) by 2%. Compared to a year earlier that left output up by 4% in the case of rubber & plastics and 2% in the case of mineral products, but down by 1.5% in the case of wood products ' with little change in the fuel and paper product sectors.