New orders in the Romanian manufacturing industry went up 10% compared with February, and they were up 1.1% against March 2014.
New orders in the intermediary goods sector rose 15% on the month in March, durable goods orders were up 10.3%. Orders for capital goods increased 7.3% compared with February, and consumer good orders were up 6.8%.
Compared with March 2014, new orders for durable goods rose 20.7%, and demand for intermediary goods was up 6.6%. However, orders in the capital goods sector declined 2.9% on the year in March, while orders in the consumer goods industry went down 0.9%.
In the first quarter, orders in Romania’s manufacturing industry advanced 1.4% compared with the same period of 2014, helped mostly by growing demand for durable goods.