Germany Manufacturing Order Books

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Next Release(s): September 17th, 2025 2:00 AM

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Germany’s stock of manufacturing orders was unchanged MoM in June 2025 and up 5.1% YoY, suggesting overall order backlogs remain solid despite mixed trends across sectors.
- Foreign order backlogs rose 0.4% MoM, while domestic orders declined -0.6% MoM, indicating softer internal demand.
- The stock of orders increased 1.9% MoM in other transport equipment, but fell -0.8% in machinery and -1.4% in the automotive sector.
- By goods type, consumer goods orders rose 0.6% MoM, capital goods edged up 0.1% MoM, and intermediate goods fell -0.3% MoM.
- The range of the stock of orders increased slightly to 7.9 months (from 7.8 months in May), with capital goods remaining at 10.7 months, and intermediate and consumer goods unchanged at 4.3 and 3.6 months, respectively.
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Germany’s stock of manufacturing orders rose 0.4% MoM and 4.7% YoY in May 2025, with strength led by the transport equipment and metal products sectors.
- Foreign order backlogs increased 0.8% MoM, while domestic orders declined -0.3% MoM.
- Capital goods orders rose 0.6% MoM; intermediate goods fell -0.2% MoM; consumer goods rose 0.3% MoM.
- Transport equipment orders rose 2.1% MoM; metal products rose 2.4%, while automotive orders dropped -1.4% MoM.
- The average range of the stock of orders held steady at 7.8 months; capital goods remained at 10.7 months.
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Germany’s stock of manufacturing orders rose 0.8% MoM and 4.0% YoY in April 2025, with gains led by the automotive and transport equipment sectors.
- Automotive order backlogs rose 2.6% MoM; other transport equipment increased 0.8% MoM.
- Foreign orders were up 1.1% MoM, while domestic orders increased 0.4% MoM.
- Capital goods stock rose 1.3% MoM, while intermediate and consumer goods both fell -0.7% MoM.
- The average range of the stock of orders held steady at 7.8 months; capital goods rose to 10.7 months.
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Germany’s stock of manufacturing orders rose 1.1% MoM and 2.8% YoY in March 2025, driven by strength in the automotive and capital goods sectors.
- Automotive order backlogs increased 3.7% MoM, and other transport equipment rose 0.8% MoM.
- Unfilled domestic orders rose 1.2% MoM, while foreign orders were up 1.1% MoM.
- By category: capital goods stock increased 1.4% MoM, intermediate goods rose 0.5%, and consumer goods declined -1.2%.
- The average range of the stock of orders increased to 7.8 months from 7.7 in February.
- Capital goods producers now have a 10.6-month backlog, while consumer goods fell to 3.6 months from 3.7.
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Germany’s manufacturing order backlog rose 0.3% MoM and 1.3% YoY in February 2025, continuing a modest upward trend in demand.
- Automotive orders were up 0.8% MoM, while machinery and equipment rose 0.4% MoM; basic metals fell -1.1% MoM.
- Capital goods stock increased 0.5% MoM, while intermediate goods fell -0.1% and consumer goods dropped -0.3%.
- Domestic unfilled orders rose 0.2% MoM and foreign orders were up 0.4% MoM.
- The overall range of the stock of orders rose to 7.7 months from 7.6 months in January.
- Capital goods producers now have a 10.5-month backlog, up from 10.3 months in January.
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German manufacturing order books were unchanged on both a monthly and annual basis in January.
- Months supply of orders increased by 0.1 over the month to 7.6 months.
- Non-auto Transport equipment (-0.7% MoM) and machinery & equipment (-0.8% MoM) orders fell.
- These were offset by auto industry (+1.0% MoM) and electrical equipment (+1.4% MoM) orders increasing.
- Intermediate goods orders were up 0.9% MoM and offset by consumer goods orders down -0.9% MoM.
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German manufacturing orders were up 0.2% MoM in December but down -0.6% YoY, slightly better than -0.7% YoY in November.
- The increase in orders was a result of large-scale orders in the transport equipment sector which was up 3.0% MoM in December.
- Declines were seen in the electrical equipment (-0.5% MoM) and automotive (-0.4% MoM) industries.
- The range of the stock of orders in December rose to 7.5 months from 7.3 months in November.
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Total manufacturing order books in Germany increased 0.1% MoM in November but down -0.7% YoY.
- The slight increase was due to a 3.2% MoM increase in auto industry orders while machinery (-0.8% MoM) and other transport (-1.2% MoM) orders were weaker.
- Unfilled domestic orders fell -0.3% MoM while unfilled foreign orders increased 0.3% MoM; however, there was still a sharp difference between foreign and domestic.
- Total months’ supply of unfilled orders was unchanged at 7.3 months.
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