Press release No. 119 of 6 April 2016
WIESBADEN – In February 2016,production in industry was down by 0.5% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In January 2016, the corrected figure shows an increase of 2.3% (primary +3.3%) from December 2015.
In February 2016, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 0.5%. Within industry, the production of capital goods and the production of consumer goods decreased by 1.0%. The production of intermediate goods showed an increase of 0.1%. Energy production was down by 1.8% in February 2016 and the production in construction increased by 1.3%.
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 "Index of production in manufacturing" (42153-0001) in the GENESIS-Online database.