Italy registers Europe's biggest fall in industrial output Eurostat announces 8.2% year-on-year drop in June

(ANSA) - Brussels, August 14 - Recession-hit Italy registered Europe's biggest year-on-year drop in industrial output in June, when production fell 8.2% compared with the same month in 2011, Eurostat said on Tuesday.The European Union's statistics office said Italy's industrial output dropped 1.4% in June compared to May this year.Eurostat said seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.6% in the eurozone and by 0.9% in the European Union as a whole in June 2012 compared with May 2012.Industrial production dropped by 2.1% in the eurozone and by 2.2% in the whole EU in June with respect to the same month in 2011.