In May this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 1.2 percent in Germany compared to the previous month, while the corrected figure for April showed an increase of 0.7 percent compared to March, according to the provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
As compared to April, in May this year production excluding energy and construction increased by 1.3 percent, while the production of capital goods rose by 2.6 percent and output of consumer goods grew 1.4 percent. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods decreased by 0.2 percent, while energy production was up by 2.9 percent and construction output saw a fall of one percent, all month on month.