However, in the first eight months of the year, new orders across the manufacturing industry (domestic and foreign markets) experienced a nominal growth of 4.6% compared to the period from January to August 2024.

In August 2025, the nominal decrease of 28.5% in new manufacturing orders compared to the previous month was driven by declines across all sectors: capital goods industry (-32.2%), intermediate goods industry (-24.5%), durable goods industry (-23.7%), and non-durable goods industry (-19.9%).

Conversely, the overall nominal increase of 4.6% in new manufacturing orders for the eight-month period (January – August 2024) was supported by growth in the following areas: durable goods industry (+11.0%), non-durable goods industry (+7.7%), intermediate goods industry (+5.6%), and capital goods industry (+3.3%).