"Industry remains stuck in recession, there are no signs for the sector bottoming out," BDI President Dieter Kempf told reporters in Berlin.
The association said it expected the economy to grow by 0.5% in 2020, helped mainly by a higher number of working days, adding that calendar-adjusted growth is seen at 0.1%.
Kempf called on the government to cut corporate taxes to push down companies' average burden to below 25% from 31% currently.
Berlin should also massively hike public investment in infrastructure over next 10 years to boost growth, he added.
(Reporting by Michael Nienaber, editing by Thomas Seythal)
