Press Release - Production in April 2016: +0.8% seasonally adjusted on the previous month
WIESBADEN – In April 2016, production in industry was up by 0.8% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In March 2016, the corrected figure shows a decreased of 1.1% (primary –1.3%) from February 2016.
In April 2016, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 1.1%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 2.2% and the production of consumer goods by 0.4%. The production of intermediate goods remained at the same level of the previous month. Energy production was up by 1.1% in April 2016 and the production in construction decreased by 1.7%.
The rates of change refer to the production index for the industry (2010 = 100). Seasonal and working day adjustment is done using the Census X-12-ARIMA 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.
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