General
Information about research expenditures, sales figures, and employees in the automotive industry
General
| 1. Manufacture of Vehicles**) |
| 2018 | 2019*) | Change in % |
|---|
| Sales (in Euro millions) | 332,076 | 343,949 | 3.6 |
| Domestic sales (excl. VAT) | 95,545 | 100,629 | 5.3 |
| Foreign sales | 236,531 | 243,320 | 2.9 |
| Employees (yearly average) | 486,109 | 484,061 | -0.4 |
| Source: Destatis |
| 2. Manufacture of Trailers and Bodies |
| 2018 | 2019*) | Change in % |
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| Sales (in Euro millions) | 12,747 | 12,161 | -4.6 |
| Domestic sales (excl. VAT) | 6,308 | 6,475 | 2.6 |
| Foreign sales | 6,439 | 5,685 | -11.7 |
| Employees (yearly average) | 36,760 | 38,306 | 4.2 |
| Source: Destatis |
| 3. Manufacture of Parts and Accessories |
| 2018 | 2019*) | Change in % |
|---|
| Sales (in Euro millions) | 81,389 | 80,046 | -1.7 |
| Domestic sales (excl. VAT) | 47,746 | 46,320 | -3.0 |
| Foreign sales | 33,643 | 33,725 | 0.2 |
| Employees (yearly average) | 311,068 | 310,473 | -0.2 |
| Source: Destatis |
| 4. Total Automotive industry |
| 2018 | 2019*) | Change in % |
|---|
| Sales (in Euro millions) | 426,212 | 436,156 | 2.3 |
| Domestic sales (excl. VAT) | 149,600 | 153,425 | 2.6 |
| Foreign sales | 276,612 | 282,731 | 2.2 |
| Employees (yearly average) | 833,937 | 832,841 | -0.1 |
| Source: Destatis |
| 5. Gross capital investmentof automotive industry (Euro millions) |
| 2018 | 2019*) | Change in % |
|---|
| 16,835 | 17,700 | 5.1 | ||
| Source: Destatis |
| 6. Internal expenditure on research and development (Euro millions) |
| 2017 | 2018 | Change in % |
|---|
| 25,656 | 27,076 | +5,5 | ||
| Source: Stifterverband |
| *) partly interim or estimated figures **) not wholly comparable with the prior year due to revision data |
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| First publication: 06.05.2008 | Last modified: 4 May 2020 |
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*) Rates of change with limited informative value due to a break in the time series
