German industrial production rises despite energy crisis, supply problems

BERLIN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Despite soaring energy prices and ongoing supply chain issues, industrial production in Germany in September increased by 0.6 percent month-on-month, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Monday.

This followed a decline of 1.2 percent in August, Destatis said.

However, production continued to be affected by an "extreme shortage" of intermediate products due to the Ru