New orders in the processing industry increased by 18.6% last year compared to 2020, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
According to the data published on Monday, between January 1 and December 31, 2021, in the margin of the announced growth, there were good activities in: the intermediate goods industry (+34.9%), the durable goods industry (+23.2%) and in the capital goods industry (+12.5%). On the other hand, the current-use goods industry fell by 0.4% year-on-year.
At the same time, in December 2021 vs December 2020, new orders in the processing industry increased overall by 19.9%, due to the positive results recorded in the durable goods industry (+41.7%), the intermediate goods industry (+24.1%), capital goods industry (+18%) and in the current goods industry (+6%).
Official statistics show that in December 2021 compared to November 2021, there was a decrease of 8.5% in new orders in the processing industry, as a result of activities in the durable goods industry (-9.9%), the intermediate goods industry (-9.0%), the capital goods industry (-8.2%) and the current goods industry (-7.1%), Agerpres informs.