Press release No. 335 of 7 September 2018
July 2018 (provisional): production in industry
- -1.1% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
- +1.1% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
June 2018 (revised): production in industry
- -0.7% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
- +2.7% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In July 2018, production in industry was down by 1.1% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In June 2018, the revised figure shows an decrease of 0.7% (primary -0.9%) from May 2018.
In July 2018, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.9%. Within industry, the production of capital goods decreased by 2.5% and the production of consumer goods by 0.9%. The production of intermediate goods showed a decrease of 1.4%. The Energy production remained at the same level of the previous month and the production in construction increased by 2.6%.
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.
