Press release No. 266 of 7 August 2017
WIESBADEN – In June 2017, production in industry was down by 1.1% 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 2017, the corrected figure shows an increase of 1.2% from April 2017, thus confirming the provisional result published in the previous month.
In June 2017, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.4%. Within industry, the production of capital goods decreased by 1.9% and the production of intermediate goods by 1.2%.The production of consumer goods showed a decrease of 0.7%. Energy production was up by 1.4% in June 2017 and the production in construction decreased by 1.0%.
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.