Press release No. 173 of 8 May 2019
March 2019 (provisional): production in industry
+0.5% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-0.9% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
February 2019 (revised): production in industry
+0.4% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
+0.2% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In March 2019, production in industry was up by 0.5% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The revised figure shows an increase of 0.4% (provisional value: +0.7%) from February 2019.
In March 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 0.4%. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods increased by 0.4% and the production of consumer goods by 1.1%. The production of capital goods remained at the level of the previous month. Outside industry, energy production was up by 0.3% in March 2019 and the production in construction increased by 1.0%.
The rates of change refer to the production index for industry (2015 = 100). Seasonal and calendar adjustment was made 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.
