Germany's manufacturing orders drop 0.8% in August 2025

For the June–August 2025 period, orders were 2.3 per cent lower than the previous three months, or 2 per cent lower when large-scale orders were excluded. Revised data showed that new orders in July dropped 2.7 per cent from June, slightly less than the earlier estimate of 2.9 per cent, Destatis said in a press release.

By goods category, capital goods orders dropped 1.5 per cent, and consumer goods plunged 10.3 per cent, while intermediate goods rose 3 per cent. Foreign demand weakened by 4.1 per cent, with euro area orders down 2.9 per cent and non-euro area orders falling 5 per cent. Domestic orders, however, rose by 4.7 per cent.

Manufacturing turnover (seasonally and calendar adjusted) also slipped 0.8 per cent compared to July 2025, while calendar-adjusted turnover was 1.1 per cent lower than a year earlier. The July 2025 data were revised downward due to corrected reporting in the machinery and equipment segment.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (SG)