German industrial output experienced a modest rebound in July 2025, according to preliminary figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The seasonally and calendar-adjusted production rose by 1.3 percent compared to June, signaling a potential stabilization following recent fluctuations.
However, a three-month comparison reveals a slightly different picture. Production from May 2025 to July 2025 was 0.1 percent lower than the previous three months, suggesting a muted overall trend.
A revision of June’s figures indicated a decrease of 0.1 percent compared to May, a revision from the initial report of a 1.9 percent decline. Destatis attributed this adjustment to corrected reporting from a company in the automotive sector and supplementary data submissions. Compared to July 2024, production in July 2025 saw a calendar-adjusted increase of 1.5 percent.
The July uptick was primarily driven by a robust expansion in the machinery sector, which saw a calendar and seasonally adjusted increase of 9.5 percent. Positive contributions also came from the automotive industry (+2.3 percent) and the pharmaceutical industry (+8.4 percent). A decrease in power generation (-4.5 percent) partially offset these gains.
Overall industrial production registered an increase of 2.2 percent in July compared to June, adjusted for seasonal and calendar variations. This growth was seen across all three major industrial categories: investment goods (+3.0 percent), consumer goods (+2.1 percent) and intermediate goods (+0.8 percent). Construction output also edged upward by 0.3 percent. Compared to July 2024, industrial production rose 2.3 percent on a calendar-adjusted basis.
Within energy-intensive industries, production increased by 0.4 percent in July compared to June, but over a three-month period, production from May 2025 to July 2025 was 2.6 percent lower than the previous three months. Compared to July 2024, energy-intensive production registered a calendar-adjusted decrease of 4.8 percent.
