Press release No. 077 of 8 March 2016
WIESBADEN – In January 2016, production in industry was up 3.3% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In December 2016, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 0.3% (primary –1.2%) from November 2015.
In January 2016, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 3.2%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 5.3% and the production of consumer goods by 3.7%. The production of intermediate goods showed an increase of 0.4%. Energy production was up by 0.1% in January 2016 and the production in construction increased by 7.0%.
The rates of change refer to the production index for the industry (2010 = 100). Seasonal and working day adjustment is done using the Census X-12-ARIMA method.
Basic data and long time series on the production index in industry are also available through the table "Indizes der Produktion" (42153-0001) in the GENESIS-Online database.