New orders in the Romanian industrial sector went down 7.5% compared with the previous month, but were up 4.5% from November 2013.
New orders in the durable goods sector fell 13.3% in November compared with the earlier month, while capital good orders were down 10.8%. Orders in the intermediate good and consumer good sectors were down 3.5% and, respectively, 2.1% compared with October.
Compared with November 2013, new orders for durable goods rose 12.2%. Demand for consumer goods went up 8.9% on the year in November, while orders in the capital and intermediate good sectors went up by 5.6% and 1.2% respectively.
In the first eleven months of 2014, Romanian industrial orders advanced 6.1% on the year, helped by growing demand in all sectors.