New orders in manufacturing industry increase 4.8% in H1

New orders in the manufacturing industry increased in nominal terms 4.8% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2024, according to data the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on Thursday.

According to the official statistics, during the period 1 January - 30 June 2025, increases were recorded in the following sectors: durable goods industry (+11.3%), non-durable goods industry (+8.0%), intermediate goods industry (+4.8%), and capital goods industry (+4.0%).

In June 2025, new orders in the manufacturing industry overall (domestic and external market) decreased in nominal terms 0.9% compared to May 2025, but increased 9.2% compared to June 2024.

Thus, new manufacturing orders fell overall by 0.9% in June 2025 versus the previous month, due to declines in the durable goods industry (-2.3%), intermediate goods industry (-1.4%), and capital goods industry (-0.9%). The non-durable goods industry recorded an increase of 2.5%.

Compared to the same month in 2024, new orders in the manufacturing industry increased in nominal terms in June 2025 by 9.2%, as a result of growth in the durable goods industry (+11.7%), intermediate goods industry (+11.6%), non-durable goods industry (+11.4%), and capital goods industry (+7.5%).