Press release No. 010 of 9 January 2020
November 2019 (provisional): production in industry
+1.1% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-2.6% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
October 2019 (revised): production in industry
-1.0% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-4.6% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In November 2019, production in industry was up by 1.1% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In October 2019, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 1.0% (primary -1.7%) from September 2019.
In November 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 1.0%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 2.4% and the production of consumer goods by 0.5%. The production of intermediate goods showed a decrease by 0.5%. Outside industry, energy production was down by 0.8% in November 2019 and the production in construction increased by 2.6%.
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.
