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Key figures for the German printing industry
Economic indicator 2010 2009
  absolut % diff
to 09
absolut % diff
to 08
Printing Industry as a whole, VAT figures
Nominal sales in millions of € 20,203* –2.5 20,823 –9.9
Companies with 50 or more employees
Nominal sales in millions of € 12,749 –2.4 13,061 –6.9
    real 13,569 0.4 13,496 –5.7
    of which, export sales 1,813 3.5 1,746 –7.4
Export ratio in %
(Export sales/nominal sales)
14.2 6.5 13.4 –2.1
Sales per employee in € 165,305 3.4 159,922 –3.5
Number of employees 77,123 –5.5 81,670 –3.3
Number of reporting companies 613 –6.4 655 –3.5
Gross wage/salary in millions of €
2,754 –4.7 2,891 –4.4
    as a % of sales 21.6 –2.4 22.2 3.0
    per employee in € 35,709 0.9 35,393 –0.8
Production index, working day adjusted (2005 = 100)
Printing industry 99.8 0.6 99.2 –6.9
Industry as a whole 104.4 11.5 93.6 –17.2
Producer price index (2005 = 100)
Print services as a whole 94.0 –2.9 96.8 –1.8
Newsprint 90.4 –19.0 111.5 2.8
Graphic papers 108.9 –1.0 110.0 –0.6
Energy, commercial systems 122.6 4.3 117.6 5.1
*) estimate based on value added tax statistics for 2009
Source: Federal Statistics Office;
Calculations: German Printing and Media Industries Federation (bvdm)
Update September 2011
Economic indicators for the German printing industry 2009/2010 (PDF file)