Press release No. 473 of 6 December 2018
October 2018 (provisional): new orders in manufacturing
+0.3% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-2.7% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
September 2018 (revised): new orders in manufacturing
+0.1% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-2.6% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing had increased in October 2018 a seasonally and calendar adjusted 0.3% on the previous month. For September 2018, revision of the preliminary outcome resulted in an increase of 0.1% compared with August 2018 (primary +0.3%). Price-adjusted new orders without major orders in manufacturing had increased in October 2018 a seasonally and calendar adjusted also 0.3% on the previous month.
Domestic orders decreased by 3.2% and foreign orders increased by 2.9% in October 2018 on the previous month. New orders from the euro area were up 7.3%, new orders from other countries increased 0.3% compared to September 2018.
In October 2018 the manufacturers of intermediate goods saw new orders rise by 0.8% compared with September 2018. The manufacturers of capital goods showed increases of 0.4% on the previous month. For consumer goods, a decrease in new orders of 1.7% was recorded.
Turnover +1.0% seasonally adjusted on the previous month
[BILD] The price-adjusted turnover in manufacturing in October 2018 was up a seasonally and calendar adjusted 1.0% on the previous month. In September 2018, the corrected figure showed a decrease of 1.0% to August 2018 (primary -1.1%).
The data shown here on new orders and turnover are based on the volume index of manufacturing, seasonally and calendar adjusted by means of X13 JDemetra+. (The underlying mathematical-statistical method is not fundamentally different from the previously applied method X-12-ARIMA.)
New orders and turnover are covered and evaluated in accordance with the Classification of Economic Activities, 2008 edition (WZ 2008). New orders are covered only in selected economic branches of manufacturing.
Detailed data and long time series are available from the GENESIS-Online database (indices of new orders 42151 and indices of turnover 42152).
