Business Cycles & Markets

In December 2025, i.e., in last year’s last month, new orders in the German electro and digital industry soared by 17.1% (year over year). This was the best monthly performance over the course of the last year. In the full last year, incoming orders were 6.0% up. Here, the development in domestic and foreign bookings differed more starkly. The former advanced only slightly by 0.8%, whereas the latter grew by one-tenth (+10.2%).

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With €21.4bn, the exports of the German electro and digital industry exceeded their respective pre-year level by 6.8% in November 2025. Thus, our sector’s overall deliveries abroad have been on the rise for the third consecutive month now.

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