Orders in the capital goods industry grew 36.5% on the month in September, intermediary goods grew 15.1%, consumer goods grew 11.2%, and durable goods grew 9%.
Compared with September 2014, orders in Romania’s manufacturing industry declined 3.9%, as capital goods dropped 6.6%, consumer goods dropped 3.6% and intermediary goods dropped 1.8%. On the other hand, orders for the durable goods industry increased 22%.
In the January-September period, manufacturing industry orders increased 2.9% compared with the corresponding period of 2014, driven by a 23.7% growth in durable goods orders, the data showed.
Intermediary goods grew 4.2%, capital goods grew 1.4% and consumer goods grew 0.8% in the first nine months.