In July 2018, production in industry was down by 1.1% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In June 2018, the revised figure shows an decrease of 0.7% (primary -0.9%) from May 2018.

In July 2018, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 1.9%. Within industry, the production of capital goods decreased by 2.5% and the production of consumer goods by 0.9%. The production of intermediate goods showed a decrease of 1.4%. The Energy production remained at the same level of the previous month and the production in construction increased by 2.6%