Statistical Office:
Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)
COVID-19 dedicated website:
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Cross-Section/Corona/_node.html
COVID-19 related project/initiative:
Truck toll mileage index
Destatis used the mileage of large trucks as an indication of the development of industrial production in Germany at an early stage. The truck toll mileage index records the development of the mileage of large trucks on German federal highways. It was developed by the Federal Office for Goods Transport. It is calculated from digital process data of the truck toll collection system and updated every working day during the corona crisis. As the methods of seasonal adjustment of daily data are still under development, the seasonally adjusted daily data of the truck toll mileage index are described as experimental.