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

September 2025

ZVEI Business Cycle Report September 2025

After four growing months in a row, new orders in the German electro and digital industry received a damper in July 2025. In total, bookings failed their respective pre-year value by nine percent. With it, the divergence between domestic and foreign orders could hardly have been bigger. While the former collapsed by almost 30 percent in July, the latter were twelve percent up.

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ZVEI-Aussenhandelsreport

August 2025

ZVEI Foreign Trade Report August 2025

Exports of the German electro and digital industry have risen in June 2025, too. Across all sub-sectors, they increased by 5.3% (year over year) to a value of €20.7bn. Declines in businesses with China and the USA were overcompensated by gains in Europe.

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