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If you are requested to do so by the Federal Statistical Office, you must submit certain data as a company in the manufacturing sector. This does not apply to companies in the construction industry.

The Federal Statistical Office (StBA) continuously collects and analyzes data on the German economy and other areas of society. The StBA prepares the data and makes it available. These statistics serve as a basis for policy-making, among other things.

For this reason, companies are obliged to provide information. Not all companies are surveyed. Depending on the sector, a different number of companies are selected at random. If your company receives a corresponding request from the StBA, you must provide the requested data.

This applies to manufacturing companies and companies

• mining and quarrying,
• the manufacturing industry
• energy supply,
• water supply, sewage and waste disposal,
• the disposal of environmental pollution
• as well as manufacturing companies in other economic sectors, excluding construction companies.

Different information is required depending on the economic sector. In addition, the StBA requests certain data at different intervals, for example monthly, annually or at intervals of several years. Among other things, you may have to provide the following data on your business or company:

• persons employed
• Wage and salary totals
• total production
• Repair, assembly and contract processing work
• incoming orders
• Orders on hand
• Material and goods inventories

For companies whose owner is the founder of a business, there is no obligation to provide information in the calendar year in which the business is opened. In the following two calendar years, there is no obligation to provide information as long as the company generates less than EUR 800,000 per financial year.

You do not need to submit any documents.

The obligation to provide information to the Federal Statistical Office applies to manufacturing companies and companies

• in mining and quarrying,
• the manufacturing industry
• the energy supply sector
• water supply, sewage and waste disposal
• the disposal of environmental pollution
• as well as for manufacturing companies in other economic sectors, in each case excluding construction companies.
  

There are no costs for you.

If your company has been selected, please submit your data as follows:

• You will receive a letter asking you to submit your data to the Federal Statistical Office. The information required in your case can be found in the IDEV questionnaire.
• Log in to the survey portal of the Federal and State Statistical Offices. Follow the relevant instructions to use the IDEV online reporting procedure.
  • IDEV: Submit the data via electronic online forms. An automatic completion aid will support you.
    • You have received the access data for IDEV with the letter.
• If necessary, the Federal Statistical Office will ask you to complete your data.
• You will receive confirmation that your data has been transmitted.
  

The Federal Statistical Office will immediately confirm the transmission of your data.

Depending on the size of the company or business and the number of technical sections, you will generally need between 10 minutes and 2 hours to complete the questionnaire.

You can find out how long you have to submit the data in the letter from the Federal Statistical Office.

• Contradiction.
  • Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notice of assessment.
• Administrative court action

• Statistics in the manufacturing industry Survey
• The Federal Statistical Office requests data from businesses and companies.
• Obligation to provide information in the following sectors, among others:
  • Mining
  • Extraction of stone and earth
  • Manufacturing industry
  • Water supply
  • Sewage disposal
  • Waste disposal
  • Removal of environmental pollution
• requested data may include
  • persons employed
  • wage and salary totals
  • total production
  • Repair, assembly and contract finishing work
  • Incoming orders
  • Orders on hand
  • Material and goods inventories

• Transmission via the survey portal of the Federal and State Statistical Offices and IDEV

• responsible: Federal Statistical Office (StBA)

Forms: yes

Online procedure possible: yes

Written form required: no

Personal appearance required: no