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Press release No. 553 of 21 December 2022 Exports to non-EU countries in November 2022: expected decrease of 0.5% on October 2022
In November 2022, Germany’s exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down a calendar and seasonally adjusted 0.5% compared with October 2022. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 552 of 20 December 2022 Mortality figures in November 2022 7% above the median of previous years
88,129 people died in Germany in November 2022, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This is 7%, or 5,945 cases, above the median of the years 2018 to 2021 for that month. The number of Covid-19 deaths …
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Press release No. 546 of 19 December 2022 New record volume of household waste generated in 2021
The volume of waste produced by households in Germany continued to rise in 2021. 483 kilograms of household waste per capita were collected according to provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was an increase by 6 …
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Press release No. 542 of 16 December 2022 Household consumption of housing energy down 0.9% in 2020
Households in Germany consumed less housing energy in the first Covid-19 year of 2020 than in 2019 although people spent more time at home on account of the pandemic. The temperature adjusted consumption of housing energy amounted to a total of 715 …
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Press release No. 540 of 15 December 2022 Visits to cinemas and theatres down by two thirds in the Covid year of 2020
The number of visits to cultural institutions in Germany in part fell dramatically in the Covid year of 2020 due to pandemic-related closures and restricted access regulations. Compared with 2019, visits to German cinemas fell by more than two thirds …
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Press release No. 530 of 13 December 2022 Energy consumption in industry up 4.6% in 2021 on the previous year
In 2021, the German industry consumed 3,918 petajoules of energy. That was an increase of 4.6% from 2020, the first Covid-19 year, and of 2.6% compared with 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the major part was used for …
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Press release No. 526 of 12 December 2022 Exports to Russia in October 2022 down 59.5% on the same month a year earlier
Germany exported goods to the total value of 135.3 billion euros in October 2022, which was a 11.4% increase compared with October 2021. Exports to Russia dropped by 59.5% to 1.0 billion euros over that period as a consequence of the war in Ukraine …
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Press release No. 524 of 9 December 2022 Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2021 down 9% on 2020
The potential greenhouse effect of the fluorinated greenhouse gases used in Germany in 2021 (FCs, HFCs, blends) fell by 9% on 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the volume of fluorinated greenhouse gases used declined …
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Press release No. 522 of 8 December 2022 Economic Pulse Monitor permits real-time economic monitoring
Economic sentiment in Germany continues to be pessimistic despite a slight upturn. Current data do however not indicate a deep recession yet. This is the assessment of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) given during the presentation of the …
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Press release No. 518 of 7 December 2022 Electricity production in the 3rd quarter of 2022: coal-generated electricity up 13.3% on the same period a year earlier
More than a third (36.3%) of the electricity produced and fed into the grid in Germany in the third quarter of 2022 came from coal-fired power plants (third quarter of 2021: 31.9%). Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …