In April 2017,production in industry was up by 0.8% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and working day adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In March 2017, the corrected figure shows a decrease of 0.1% (primary -0.4%) from February 2017.

In April 2017, production in industry excluding energy and construction was up by 0.4%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 0.3% and the production of intermediate goods by 1.0%. The production of consumer goods showed a decrease by 0.7%. Energy production was up by 5.7% in April 2017 and the production in construction decreased by 0.1%.