In August 2016, production in industry was up by 2.5% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In July 2016, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 1.5% from June 2016, thus confirming the provisional result published in the previous month.

In August 2016, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 3.3%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 4.7% and the production of consumer goods by 3.3%.The production of intermediate goods showed an increase by 1.6%. Energy production was up by 1.1% in August 2016 and the production in construction decreased by 1.2%.