In September this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.8 percent in Germany compared to the previous month, while the corrected figure for August showed an increase of three percent compared to July, according to the provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
As compared to August, in September this year production excluding energy and construction decreased by 1.7 percent, while the production of capital goods narrowed by 2.4 percent and output of consumer goods was down by 1.9 percent. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.5 percent, while energy production decreased by 3.1 percent and construction output saw a fall of 1.5 percent, all month on month.