Press release No. 463 of 6 December 2019
October 2019 (provisional): production in industry
-1.7% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-5.3% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
September 2019 (revised): production in industry
-0.6% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-4.5% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In October 2019, production in industry was down by 1.7% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In September 2019, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 0.6% from August 2019, thus confirming the provisional result published in the previous month.
In October 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.7%. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods increased by 1.0% and the production of consumer goods by 0.3%. The production of capital goods showed a decrease by 4.4%. Outside industry, energy production was up by 2.3% in October 2019 and the production in construction decreased by 2.8%.
Methodological notes:
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.
