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

March 2026

ZVEI Business Cycle Report March 2026

In January 2026, the first month of the running year, new orders in the German electro and digital industry were 3.2% up on their pre-year value. With it, incoming bookings keep rising. It should be recalled that in the full last year 2025 new orders in our sector had at last risen by 5.7% once again.

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ZVEI-Aussenhandelsreport

March 2026

ZVEI Foreign Trade Report March 2026

Exports of the German electro and digital industry continued to grow at the beginning of the current year 2026. In January, our sector’s aggregated deliveries abroad came to €20.4bn, leaving them 4.1% higher than in the same month a year ago.

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