Orders for durable goods declined 8.5% on the month in April, consumer goods dropped 8.3%, capital goods dropped 7.3%, and intermediary goods dropped 5.3%.
Compared with April 2015, manufacturing orders increased 5.2% in nominal terms, as the durable goods sector increased 20.6%, capital goods grew 8.7%, consumer goods grew 2.5%, while intermediary goods declined 0.8%.
In January-April, Romania’s manufacturing industry orders grew 4.4% compared with the same period in 2015, as orders in the durable goods sector increased 16.7%, capital goods grew 8.8%, consumer goods grew 2.5%, and intermediary goods dropped 3.3%, the data showed.