In October 2017, production in industry was down by 1.4% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In September 2017, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 0.9% (primary -1.6%) from August 2017.

In October 2017, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 2.0%. Within industry, the production of capital goods decreased by 2.7% and the production of consumer goods by 2.6%. The production of intermediate goods showed a decrease of 1.0%. Energy production was up by 5.1% in October 2017 and the production in construction decreased by 1.3%.