According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), price-adjusted production in the manufacturing sector fell by 1.4 percent in April 2025 compared to March 2025, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects.
Production fell in April
Production in the pharmaceutical industry fell by 17.7 percent month-on-month, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, after rising by 19.3 percent in March 2025. The decline in production in mechanical engineering (-2.4 percent) also had a negative impact on the overall result in April 2025. In contrast, production in the construction sector (+1.4 percent) and the food industry (+5.7 percent) developed positively. Industrial production (manufacturing excluding energy and construction) declined by 1.9 percent in April 2025 compared to March 2025, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects. Within industry, production of capital goods fell by 2.3 percent, intermediate goods by 1.9 percent, and consumer goods by 1.5 percent. Outside industry, energy production fell by 1.6 percent. Compared to the same month last year, April 2024, industrial production fell by 2.5 percent in calendar-adjusted terms. In energy-intensive industries, production fell by 2.1 percent in April 2025 compared to March 2025, seasonally and calendar-adjusted. In a three-month comparison, production in energy-intensive industries from February 2025 to April 2025 was 0.8 percent higher than in the previous three months. Compared with April 2024, energy-intensive production in April 2025 was 2.7 percent lower, calendar-adjusted, according to the Federal Office.
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