Press release No. 429 of 7 November 2019
September 2019 (provisional): production in industry
-0.6% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-4.3% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
August 2019 (revised): production in industry
+0.4% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-3.9% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In September 2019, production in industry was down by 0.6% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In August 2019, the corrected figure shows an increase of 0.4% (primary +0.3%) from July 2019.
In September 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.3%. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods decreased by 1.3% and the production of capital goods by 1.5%. The production of consumer goods showed a decrease by 0.5%. Outside industry, energy production was up by 2.0% in September 2019 and the production in construction increased by 1.8%.
Methodological notes:
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.
