New orders in the Romanian manufacturing industry went down 5.7% compared with March, but they were still up 4.1% against April 2014.
New orders in the intermediary goods sector fell 9.2% on the month in April, consumer goods orders were down 7.1%. Orders for durable goods declined 6.3% compared with March, while capital good orders dropped 3%.
Compared with April 2014, new orders for durable goods rose 16.7%, and demand for intermediary goods was up 4.2%. Orders in the capital goods sector increased 4% on the year in April, while orders in the consumer goods industry went up 0.7%.
In the first four months, orders in Romania’s manufacturing industry advanced 2.1% compared with the same period of 2014, helped mostly by growing demand for durable goods and intermediary products.