In April this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.9 percent in Germany compared to the previous month, while the corrected figure for March showed a decrease of 0.4 percent (as opposed to the initially reported decrease of 0.5 percent) compared to February, according to the provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
As compared to March, in April this year production excluding energy and construction decreased by 0.7 percent, while the production of capital goods increased by 1.5 percent and intermediate goods was up by 0.7 percent. Meanwhile, the production of consumer goods recorded a decrease of 0.9 percent, while energy production increased by 1.4 percent and construction saw an increase of 1.3 percent, all month on month.