Press release No. 039 of 9 February 2016
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional data, the manufacturing sector saw turnover rise in real terms adjusted for seasonal fluctuations and working-day variations 1.8% in December 2015 compared with November 2015. In November 2015, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 2.1% (primary –2.3%) from October 2015.
In December 2015, domestic turnover increased by 1.7% and the business with foreign customers by 1.8%. Sales to euro area countries were 0.6% above, and sales to other countries 2.7% above preceding month’s level.
Compared with the preceding year, real turnover in manufacturing showed a total increase of 0.3% in December 2015 after having been adjusted for working-day variations. In domestic sales an increase of 0.1% was observed. Turnover from business with foreign customers rose by 0.5%. Among foreign transactions, sales to euro area countries increased by 2.6%, while turnover with other foreign countries declined by 0.9%.
For the year 2015, the real turnover in manufacturing (working-day adjusted) was 1.5% above the level of the same period of the previous year; domestic turnover ascended 0.3% and foreign turnover increased 2.6%.
Long time series on the turnover index are contained in the online database GENESIS-Online.