Factory orders in Germany fell 1.1% month-over-month in July of 2022, after a downwardly revised 0.3% drop in the prior month and worse than market forecasts of a 0.5% decline. It marked the sixth consecutive month of lower manufacturing orders, amid persistently high inflation and supply chain issues. Domestic orders fell 4.5%, and in the Euro Area by 6.4%. Meanwhile, total foreign orders rose 1.3%, led by those from countries outside the Euro Area (6.5%). Orders decreased for capital goods (-0.2%) but increased for intermediate goods (1.5%). Meantime, consumer goods plunged 16.9%, mainly due to a decline in manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. source: Federal Statistical Office

Factory Orders in Germany averaged 0.36 percent from 1952 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 28.30 percent in June of 2020 and a record low of -27.30 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Germany Factory Orders - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Germany Factory Orders - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2022.

Factory Orders in Germany is expected to be -1.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Germany Factory Orders is projected to trend around 0.50 percent in 2023 and 0.40 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.

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Germany Factory Orders



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2022-08-04 06:00 AM Jun -0.4% -0.2% -0.8% -0.2%
2022-09-06 06:00 AM Jul -1.1% -0.3% -0.5% -0.4%
2022-10-06 06:00 AM Aug -1.1% -0.9% -1%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Industrial Production Mom -0.30 0.80 percent Jul 2022
Industrial Production -1.10 -0.10 percent Jul 2022
Manufacturing Production -1.40 0.70 percent Jul 2022
Factory Orders -1.10 -0.30 percent Jul 2022
Changes in Inventories 19.28 22.35 EUR Billion Jun 2022
Bankruptcies 1140.00 1242.00 Companies Jun 2022
Mining Production -5.81 -5.69 percent Jul 2022

Germany Factory Orders
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.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.10 -0.30 28.30 -27.30 1952 - 2022 percent Monthly
2015=100, SA

News Stream
German Factory Orders Fall More than Expected
Factory orders in Germany fell 1.1% month-over-month in July of 2022, after a downwardly revised 0.3% drop in the prior month and worse than market forecasts of a 0.5% decline. It marked the sixth consecutive month of lower manufacturing orders, amid persistently high inflation and supply chain issues. Domestic orders fell 4.5%, and in the Euro Area by 6.4%. Meanwhile, total foreign orders rose 1.3%, led by those from countries outside the Euro Area (6.5%). Orders decreased for capital goods (-0.2%) but increased for intermediate goods (1.5%). Meantime, consumer goods plunged 16.9%, mainly due to a decline in manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.
2022-09-06
German Factory Orders Fall Less than Expected
Factory orders in Germany dropped 0.4% month-over-month in June of 2022, after a downwardly revised 0.2% fall in the prior month and compared with market forecasts of a 0.8% decrease. It marked the fifth consecutive month of lower manufacturing orders, amid persistently high inflation and supply chain issues. Foreign orders fell 1.4%, led by those from countries outside the Euro Area (-4.3%) while those from the EA rose 3.4% and domestic ones continued to increase (1.1%). Orders decreased for capital goods (-1.8%) but increased for intermediate goods (1.2%) and consumer goods (1.7%).
2022-08-04
Germany Factory Orders Rise for 1st Time in 4 Months
Factory orders in Germany edged up 0.1% month-over-month in May of 2022, the first albeit small rise in four months, and beating market forecasts of a 0.6% drop. The gain was driven by major orders and excluding those, orders fell 0.9%. Foreign orders rose 1.3%, led by those from countries outside the Euro Area (3.7%) while those from the EA fell 2.4% and domestic ones continued to decline (-1.5%). Orders increased for capital goods (3.3%) but went down for intermediate goods (-3.2%) and consumer goods (-4.5%). “Enterprises still have difficulties completing their orders as supply chains are interrupted because of the war in Ukraine and distortions persist that have been caused by the Covid-19 crisis”, according to the statistical office.
2022-07-06