Press release No. 258 of 8 July 2019
May 2019 (provisional): production in industry
+0.3% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-3.7% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
April 2019 (revised): production in industry
-2.0% on the previous month (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
-2.3% on the same month a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)
WIESBADEN – In May 2019, production in industry was up by 0.3% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In April 2019, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 2.0% (primary -1.9%) from March 2019.
In May 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 0.9%. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.5%. While the production of capital goods showed an increase by 2.0% and the production of consumer goods by 1.1%. Outside industry, energy production was down by 2.2% in May 2019 and the production in construction decreased by 2.4%.
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.
