Press release No. 295 of 7 August 2019
June 2019 (provisional): production in industry
-1.5% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-5.2% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
May 2019 (revised): production in industry
+0.1% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-4.4% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In June 2019, production in industry was down by 1.5% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In Mai 2019, the corrected figure shows an increase of 0.1% (primary +0.3%) from April 2019.
In June 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.8%. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods decreased by 2.0% and the production of capital goods by 1.8%. The production of consumer goods showed a decrease by 1.4%. Outside industry, energy production was down by 1.6% in June 2019 and the production in construction increased by 0.3%.
The rates of change refer to the production index for industry (2015 = 100). Seasonal and calendar adjustment was made using the X-13 JDemetra+ 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.
