Press release No. 391 of 7 November 2017
WIESBADEN – In September 2017, production in industry was down by 1.6% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In August 2017, the corrected figure shows an increase of 2.6%, thus confirming the provisional result published in the previous month.
In September 2017, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.6%. Within industry, the production of capital goods decreased by 2.7% and the production of consumer goods by 0.3%. The production of intermediate goods showed a decrease of 0.8%. Energy production was down by 4.3% in September 2017 and the production in construction increased by 0.4%.
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.