New orders in the manufacturing industry as a whole (domestic and external markets) fell in November 2025 in nominal terms, both compared with the previous month, by 12.6%, and compared with November 2024, by 4.1%, according to data released on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Over the first 11 months of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024, new orders in the manufacturing industry overall (domestic and external markets) increased in nominal terms by 3.8%, agerpres reports.
In November 2025, compared with October 2025, new manufacturing orders declined in nominal terms due to decreases recorded in the capital goods industry (-16.3%), durable consumer goods industry (-13.5%), intermediate goods industry (-6.9%) and non-durable consumer goods industry (-1.4%).
Compared with November 2024, the drop in new manufacturing orders in nominal terms was driven by lower orders in the intermediate goods industry (-9.3%), durable consumer goods industry (-6.6%) and capital goods industry (-2%). By contrast, orders in the non-durable consumer goods industry rose by 2.8%.
At the level of the first 11 months of last year, new manufacturing orders increased overall in nominal terms compared with the same period in 2024, supported by growth in the non-durable consumer goods industry (+7.2%), durable consumer goods industry (+4.8%), capital goods industry (+3.7%) and intermediate goods industry (+3.2%).
"New industrial orders represent the value of contracts concluded during the reference month between a producer and a client and relate to deliveries of goods and services by the producer, regardless of the period in which they are to be fulfilled. Product-related taxes (such as VAT), rebates and discounts granted contractually are not included," INS specified.
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