Press release No. 272 of 8 August 2016
WIESBADEN – In June 2016,production in industry was up by 0.8% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In May 2016, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 0.9% (primary –1.3%) from April 2016.
In June 2016, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 1.5%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 3.5% and the production of consumer goods by 1.2%. The production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.7%. Energy production was down by 2.7% in June 2016 and the production in construction decreased by 0.5%.
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.