Orders in the capital goods industry dropped 25.1% on the month in August, intermediary goods posted a decline of 17.3% and consumer goods dropped 16.9%. On the other hand, durable goods posted 20.4% growth in August.
Compared with August 2014, orders in the Romanian manufacturing industry increased 3.3%, due to a 48% growth in the durable goods industry. Consumer goods grew 3.8%, capital goods grew 2.6% and intermediary goods grew 0.1%.
In January-August, manufacturing orders grew 3.8% in nominal terms, the data showed.
Durable goods grew 24% in the first eight months, while intermediary goods posted 4.9% growth, capital goods grew 2.65 and consumer goods grew 1.4%.