Press release No. 430 of 7 November 2018
September 2018 (provisional): production in industry
+0.2% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
+0.8% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
August 2018 (revised): production in industry
+0.1% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
+0.2% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In September 2018, production in industry was up by 0.2% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In August 2018, the revised figure shows an increase of 0.1% (primary -0.3%) from July 2018.
In September 2018, production in industry excluding energy and construction remained at the same level of the previous month. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods was down by 1.0% and the production of consumer goods showed a decrease of 0.3%. The production of capital goods increased by 0.9%. Outside industry, energy production was down by 3.3% in September 2018 and the production in construction increased by 2.2%.
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.
