Current press releases

• Press release 147 / 2018-04-24

  Investments in noise protection at record high in 2016

  In 2016, enterprises in industry (excluding construction) invested 133.5 million euros in tangible fixed assets for noise and vibration protection in Germany, according to provisional results. To coincide with the International Noise Awareness Day on 25 April, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that investments in noise protection have increased almost continuously in the past few years and reached a new record high in 2016.

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• Press release 146 / 2018-04-23

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  Number of traffic accident fatalities almost unchanged in February 2018 year on year

  177 people died in road traffic accidents in February 2018. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 2 people compared with February 2017. However, the number of people injured rose by 1.7% to roughly 22,900 from February 2017.

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• Press release 145 / 2018-04-23

  Mexico as Partner Country at the HANNOVER MESSE 2018 trade show: the country's industry accounts for 18% of gross value added

  Industry is of great economic importance both in Germany and in Mexico. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports this on the occasion of the HANNOVER MESSE trade show which will take place from 23 to 27 April 2018. As figures of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show, in 2016 manufacturing accounted for 18.0% of the national economy of Mexico, this year's Partner Country at the trade show. This proportion was above the relevant average in the European Union (16.2%). In Germany, industry – which accounted for 22.9% of total gross value added – was of greater importance.  

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• Press release 144 / 2018-04-20

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  Producer prices in March 2018: +1.9% on March 2017

  Producer prices of industrial products, March 2018

  • +0.1% on the previous month
  • +1.9% on the same month a year earlier

  In March 2018 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 1.9% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In February the annual rate of change all over had been 1.8%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

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