In the January-July period, all the other branches of the manufacturing industry were in the black, with the consumer goods industry posting a 9% increase, the intermediary goods industry a 6.3% one and the capital goods industry a 5% plus.
In July, new orders in the manufacturing industry increased, in nominal terms, against the previous month, overall, by 3.2% owing to advances in the durable goods industry (8.9%), intermediary goods industry (4.9%), consumer goods industry (4.0%) and capital goods industry (1.8%).
Compared with the same period of 2024, in July new orders in the manufacturing industry went up in nominal terms, overall, by 12.6% owing to increases posted in the durable goods industry (18.9%), intermediary goods industry (15.5%), consumer goods industry (14.7%) and capital goods industry (10.5%).
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)