Turnover in manufacturing in April 2010 +1.2% seasonal adjusted on March 2010
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional data, the manufacturing sector saw turnover rise in real terms adjusted for seasonal fluctuations and working-day variations 1.2% in April 2010 compared with March 2010 (following a revised +3.1% in March 2010). Domestic turnover decreased by 0.6%, the business with foreign customers increased by 3.5%. Sales to euro area countries were 3.9% above preceding month’s level, while sales to other countries went up by 3.1%.
Compared with the preceding year, real turnover in manufacturing showed a total increase of 13.2% in April 2010 after having been adjusted for working-day variations (after a revised +8.8% in March 2010). Increases were observed in domestic sales (+6.4%), while turnover from business with foreign customers rose by 22.2%. Among foreign transactions, sales to euro area countries increased by 14.7%, while turnover for other foreign countries ascended 29.2%.
When cumulated from January to April 2010 the (working-day adjusted) turnover in manufacturing was 8.8% above the level of the same period of the previous year; domestic turnover rose 4.8% and foreign turnover by a total of 14.0%.
Long time series on the turnover index are contained in the online database GENESIS-Online.
