Manufacturing industry orders rose on the month in September due to higher orders for capital goods (+32%), consumer goods (+15.9%) and intermediary goods (+12.5%), while orders for durable goods fell 1.4%.
Compared with September 2015, manufacturing orders grew 15.1% in nominal terms in September, as capital goods posted 24.7% growth, consumer goods grew 7.4%, and intermediary goods grew 6.1%. Orders for durable goods dropped 19.8% on the year in September, the data showed.
In January-September, Romania’s manufacturing industry orders grew 7.9% in nominal terms compared with the same period last year, as capital goods grew 14.1%, the durable goods industry received 5.5% more orders, consumer goods grew 0.8% and intermediary goods orders grew 0.6%.