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West German manufacturing: strong rise in capacity utilization

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  • Jürg-Dieter Lindlbauer

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At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 1999, average capacity utilization in the EU member states rose to 81.8% (July: 81.2%), according to data released by the European Commission. For Germany, figures are now available for the December survey month of the Ifo Business Survey. In west German manufacturing (excluding food, drink and tobacco) capacity utilization has risen again: at 87.0% (seasonally and weather adjusted) production facilities were more optimally utilized than in September (86.0%). Order reserves at 2.8 production months were nevertheless somewhat higher than at the end of the three quarter (2.7 months). In east Germany, capacity utilization sank from 82.3% in September to 81.4% in December, and order reserves have shrunk from 3.3 to 2.9 production months. The surveyed firms in all of Germany plan to increase production during the first quarter of 2000.

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  • Jürg-Dieter Lindlbauer, 2000. "West German manufacturing: strong rise in capacity utilization," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 53(04), pages 03-06, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:53:y:2000:i:04:p:03-06
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    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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