Press release No. 246 of 6 July 2018
May 2018 (provisional): production in industry
- +2.6% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
- +3.1% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
April 2018 (revised): production in industry
- –1.3% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
- +1.4% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In May 2018, production in industry was up by 2.6% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In April 2018, the corrected figure shows an decrease of 1.3% (primary –1.0%) from March 2018.
In May 2018, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 2.7%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 0.9% and the production of consumer goods by 6.5%. The production of intermediate goods showed an increase by 3.0%. Energy production was up by 0.8% in May 2018 and the production in construction increased by 3.1%.
The rates of change refer to the production index for the industry (2015 = 100). Seasonal and calendar adjustment is done 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.
