According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in September 2019, production in industry was down by 0.6% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis. Economists had expected a 0.4% decrease. In August 2019, the corrected figure shows an increase of 0.4% (primary +0.3%) from July 2019.

In September 2019, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.3%. Within industry, the production of intermediate goods decreased by 1.3% and the production of capital goods by 1.5%. The production of consumer goods showed a decrease by 0.5%. Outside industry, energy production was up by 2.0% in September 2019 and the production in construction increased by 1.8%.