Manufacturing in June 2021: new orders up 4.1% on the previous month

By: Trademagazin Date: 2021. 08. 05. 08:52

Compared with February 2020, which was the month before restrictions were imposed due to the corona pandemic in Germany, new orders in June 2021 were 11.2% higher in seasonally and calendar adjusted terms. Compared with June 2020 (-11.4% compared to June 2019), the increase in calendar adjusted new orders amounted to +26.2%.

Domestic orders increased by 9.6%. Major orders had a substantial effect on the domestic result of the month. Foreign orders went up by 0.4% in June 2021 on the previous month. New orders from the euro area increased 1.3%, and new orders from other countries fell by 0.2% compared with May 2021.

In June 2021, the manufacturers of intermediate goods saw new orders increase by 1.4% compared with May 2021. The manufacturers of capital goods saw an increase of 6.8% on the previous month. Regarding consumer goods, new orders fell by 1.1%.

For May 2021, the revision of the preliminary outcome resulted in a decrease of 3.2% compared with April 2021 (provisional: -3.7).