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Germany Factory Orders
Last Release
Apr 30, 2025
Actual
0.6
Units In
%
Previous
3.6
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Jul 04, 2025
Time to Release
25 Days 23 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
28.2 Jun 2020 | -27.7 Apr 2020 | 0.33 % | 1952-2025 | Federal Statistical Office |
Factory Orders in Germany are reported using monthly changes in the volume of new orders received by manufacturers. Factory Order figures in Germany can be very volatile and misleading because they are heavily affected by geopolitical events, temporary shocks in demand and business deals which may only happen once.
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Factory orders in Germany rose 0.6% month-over-month in April 2025, defying market expectations of a 1.0% drop following a downwardly revised 3.4% gain in March. Orders for computer, electronic, and optical products jumped 21.5%, due to several large-scale orders. Demand was also higher for aircraft, ships, trains (7.1%), and fabricated metal products (4.4%). However, orders fell for electrical equipment (-9.2%), machinery and equipment (-4.2%), and pharmaceuticals (-14.1%). Capital goods orders rose 4.1%, while intermediate (-3.4%) and consumer goods (-5.9%) shrank. Domestic orders grew 2.2%, offsetting a 0.3% dip in foreign orders, with euro-area demand up 0.5% while non-euro-area orders fell 0.9%. Excluding large-scale orders, orders increased 0.3%. On a less volatile three-month basis, orders were up 0.5% in the February–April 2025 period, suggesting that the impact of US tariffs has yet to be felt.
Germany Factory Orders History
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