{"id":3438,"date":"2026-06-09T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:00:07","slug":"almanyada-sanayi-uretimi-bu-yil-ilk-kez-artti-ancak-hala-cok-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/almanyada-sanayi-uretimi-bu-yil-ilk-kez-artti-ancak-hala-cok-az\/","title":{"rendered":"GermanyIndustrial production in \u2019 increased for the first time this year, but still very little in \u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official data released on Tuesday showed that industrial production in \u2019, Germany, rose in April for the first time since the start of the war in the Middle East\u2019; But analysts have warned that single-month earnings mask a much worse picture of Europe's largest economy.<\/p>\n

GermanyAccording to \u2019's federal statistical office Destatis\u2019, production was mainly affected by construction in April compared to the previous month. %It's up 0.4.<\/p>\n

Readings put an end to a series of defeats dating back to last November \u2019, but few consider it a turning point.<\/p>\n

According to ING Global Macro President Carsten Brzeski\u2019, in a research note published on Tuesday, the April figure was \u201ctoo few\u201d, production effectively stagnated during the first four months of 2026\u2019, and pre-pandemic levels were still about %It looks like it's under 12.<\/p>\n

Number of headlines, compared to the previous month %2.4 received support from the encouraging jump in growing construction activities.<\/p>\n

Exports also created an upward surprise; the March %Compared to the month before 0.5 level %It increased by 0.9, but the trade surplus did not change much due to the even faster increase in imports.<\/p>\n

Just months ago, what seemed to be the foundation of a promising year with increased confidence, rising orders and a major financial contribution to defense and infrastructure under Chancellor Friedrich Merz's rule once again cast doubt.<\/p>\n

Iran war, shrinking energy prices and bleak outlook<\/b><\/p>\n

The background of the April data is quite clear.<\/p>\n

According to the ING analysis, Germany remains one of \u2019's largest net energy importers, accounting for about 6% of its oil imports from Middle Eastern countries, while energy-intensive industries employing close to one million people account for about 17% of its industrial gross added value.<\/p>\n

Conflict has caused energy prices to spiral; Germany\u2019's inflation rate in April on an annual basis %It's up to 2.9\u2019a. This rate, compared to the previous year %With the impact of rising energy products prices above 10\u2019, January 2024 reached the highest level since \u2019.<\/p>\n

In April, the German government cut its 2026 growth forecast in half, and at the moment, GDP growth is only %He predicts 0.5.<\/p>\n

Tuesday's production data followed an extremely discouraging ordering report released the day before. According to the provisional Destatis figures, new manufacturing orders are made monthly in April. %It's down 3.8.<\/p>\n

Automotive industry, orders %While it was among the worst affected by the fall of more than 5\u2019, electrical equipment and machinery also recorded sharp declines. Category: Foreign orders %4Lowered over \u2019 and domestic orders approx %3 is down.<\/p>\n

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Struggling steelmaker ThyssenKrupp\u2019un Duisburg, GermanySteel in roll cars before shipping at its main factory in \u2019, February 2025<\/div>\n

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According to ING\u2019den Brzeski\u2019, industrial orders are monthly for four consecutive months after last summer. %The boom, with an increase of over 4\u2019, was sharply reversed in 2026\u2019, with orders averaging every month until April. %He fell more than 2\u2019.<\/p>\n

The momentum from domestic defense stockpiling and supply chain pre-orders has evaporated for now.<\/p>\n

According to the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, \u2019, any normalization is expected to take quite some time, given the extent of the damage to production capacity in the region and the accumulated workload caused by bottlenecks in energy and commodity supply.<\/p>\n

Brzeski concluded that the expected industrial recovery in 2026\u2019 did not occur, and in a note he described the mood as \u201c, a theme he expected to continue in the coming weeks, with great hopes and broken dreams.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Germany\u2019's April factory production %The 0.4\u2019 increase and increase in exports do not cause much celebration at a time when new orders are collapsing, energy prices are skyrocketing, and Europe\u2019's largest economy is struggling to find a solid foundation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[930,518,929],"class_list":["post-3438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genel","tag-almancadan","tag-ile","tag-siparis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3441,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3438\/revisions\/3441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}