According to provisional, price-adjusted data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), real new orders rose by 1.9% month-on-month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) and surged 6.2% year-on-year compared to May 2025. Even when excluding volatile large-scale orders, core demand still achieved a solid 1.0% monthly growth.
Key Drivers by Sector
- The monthly growth was heavily driven by large-scale orders in specific transport segments, which helped offset declines in the automotive and electronics sectors:
- Other Transport Equipment (+85.0%): A massive surge driven by aircraft, ships, trains, and military vehicles.
- Electrical Equipment (+5.7%): A strong positive contribution to the overall index.
- Machinery and Equipment (+3.7%): Solid growth aiding the monthly rebound.
- Automotive Industry (-3.8%): A notable contraction that dragged on the overall index.
- Computers & Electronics (-7.8%): A significant decline impacting overall growth.
- Performance Breakdown Demand by Goods Category Demand grew uniformly across all manufacturing sectors:
- Consumer Goods: +2.4%
- Capital Goods: +2.2%
- Intermediate Goods: +1.4%
Geographical Demand Domestic Orders: Rose by a modest 1.3%.
- Foreign Orders: Increased by 2.2% overall. This international growth was primarily fueled by a powerful 11.2% surge from the euro area, which successfully offset a 3.2% decline from countries outside the euro area.
- Manufacturing Turnover Real turnover in manufacturing matched this positive momentum, rising in tandem with new orders.
- Turnover Growth: Manufacturing turnover climbed 1.8% on a month-on-month basis and stood 4.2% higher when compared to May 2025.