In January this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 2.8 percent in Germany compared to the previous month, while the corrected figure for December showed a decrease of 2.4 percent compared to November, according to the provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
As compared to December, in January this year production excluding energy and construction increased by 3.7 percent, while the production of capital goods grew by 6.1 percent and output of consumer goods was up by 2.3 percent. Meanwhile, the production of intermediate goods increased by 1.7 percent, while energy production declined by 0.7 percent and construction output saw a fall of 1.3 percent, all month on month.