In February 2020 – the month before COVID-19 containment measures began to be widely introduced by Member States –, compared with January 2020, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.1% in the euro area and remained unchanged in the EU, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January 2020, industrial production grew by 2.3% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU.