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Key figures for the German printing industry
Economic indicator 2008   2007  
  absolut Change on prev. year in % absolut Change on prev. year in %
Printing Industry as a whole, VAT figures
Nominal sales in millions of Euro 23,336* –1.0 23,572 –0.9
Reporting companies, 50 or more employees
Nominal sales in millions of Euro 14,464 2.2 14,166 2.4
    real 15,005 2.4 14,653 2.4
    of which, export sales 2,108 1.1 2,082 6.9
Level of exports in %
(Export sales/nominal sales)
14.6 –0.7 14.7 4.4
Sales per employee in Euro 161,035 0.6 160,052 2.2
Number of employees 89,821 1.5 88,474 0.1
Number of reporting companies 963 1.9 946 –0.8
Companies with 50 or more employees
Total of salary and wages
in millions of Euro
3,036 1.8 2,986 –2.9
as a % of sales 21.5 – 0.1 21.5 –1.3
Total salary and wages
per employee
35,953 1.4 35,462 –2.2
Production index, working day adjusted (2005 = 100)
Printing industry 106.6 1.1 99.0 2.5
Industry as a whole 113.1 0.3 120.9 6.8
Producer price index (2005 = 100)
Overall print services 98.5 –0.4 98.8 –0.3
Overall printing paper 109.9 1.7 108.1 4.4
Energy, commercial systems 111.9 4.6 107.0 3.0
*) estimate based on value added tax statistics for 2007
Source: Federal Statistics Office;
Calculations: German Printing and Media Industries Federation (bvdm)
Update August 2009
Economic indicators for the German printing industry (PDF file, 147 KB)