In January this year, the number of jobs in the manufacturing sector in Germany increased by 1.1 percent or about 56,000 year on year to nearly 5.4 million, according to Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
In January this year, the number of jobs in German metal and metal product manufacturing decreased by 0.4 percent year on year.
In the given month, an increase of 1.5 percent was recorded in the number of jobs in manufacture of fabricated metal products in Germany compared to January 2015.