Business Cycles

ZVEI's Business Cycles and Markets division provides reports (e.g. ZVEI Business Cycle Report, ZVEI Foreign Trade Report), on the economic development of the German Electro and Digital Industry.

ZVEI-Konjunktur-Barometer

July 2025

ZVEI Business Cycle Report July 2025

New orders in the German electro and digital industry rose for the third straight month in May 2025. Overall, they exceeded their pre-year value by two percent in the latest reporting month. However, an increase in foreign bookings by five and a half percent and a decrease in domestic orders by two and a half percent have faced each other this time. In the first five months of this year taken together, the value of incoming orders was five percent up compared to the same period one year earlier.

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ZVEI-Aussenhandelsreport

July 2025

ZVEI Foreign Trade Report July 2025

After its slight setback in April, exports of the German electro and digital industry have been on the rise once again in May 2025. Overall, they advanced by 6.3% (year-on-year rate) and, therewith, reached €19.9bn.

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