In August this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 2.6 percent in Germany compared to the previous month, while the corrected figure for July showed a decrease of 0.1 percent compared to May, according to the provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
As compared to July, in August this year production excluding energy and construction increased by 3.2 percent, while the production of capital goods rose by 4.8 percent and output of consumer goods grew 2.1 percent. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods increased by 1.8 percent, while energy production was up by 1.7 percent and construction output saw a fall of 1.2 percent, all month on month.