http://www.destatis.de Newsfeed of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany de-de Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden 2012 http://www.destatis.de/iwms-static/images/portal/destatis-logo.gif http://www.destatis.de web-admin@destatis.de Newspapers Government Site Builder 60 https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_250_215.html In 2015, 77% of the German enterprises provided their staff with advanced training programmes aimed at continuing skills development. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the proportion of enterprises providing continuing training activities increased by 4 percentage points compared with 2010. In 2015, 62% of the enterprises offered traditional advanced training programmes in the form of courses and seminars. 74% of the enterprises made use of other forms of corporate training such as information events, job rotation and self-directed learning like, for instance, e-learning. https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_249_61241.html In June 2017 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.4% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In May 2017 the annual rate of change all over had been 2.8%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office. https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_248_412.html Due to sunshine and spring temperatures, the 2017 asparagus season in many regions of Germany started earlier than in the previous year. Despite the later cold spell, the asparagus harvest will be good. Based on a first estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the asparagus harvest is expected to yield approximately 127,800 tonnes in the whole of Germany. This is an increase of roughly 6% compared with the previous year. https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_247_45213.html As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in the German accommodation and food service activities in May 2017 increased by 1.4% in real terms and by 3.1% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.  https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/InFocus/PublicFinanceTaxes/TaxDeclaration.html Taxpayers liable to submit a tax declaration to the local tax office for the previous year have to do so by 31 May. In 2013, there were roughly 23.7 million taxpayers subject to unlimited tax liability in Germany who had income exclusively from dependent employment and possibly from capital.