Orders in the consumer goods industry grew 7.7% on the month in October, and capital goods grew 7.5%. On the other hand, orders in the durable goods industry dropped 11.6% and intermediary goods were down 0.2%.
Compared with October 2014, orders in the country’s manufacturing industry grew 4.1%, with 9.6% growth in durable goods, 8% growth in capital goods, and 0.7% growth in consumer goods, while orders for intermediary goods declined 1.6%.
In the January-October period, industrial orders in Romania grew 3% on an annual basis, with 21.9% growth in durable goods, 3.6% growth in intermediary goods, 2.1% growth in capital goods, and 0.8% growth in orders for consumer goods.