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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.…

China has developed into a self-confident, politically ambitious and economically strong world power. China's success is based on a different system of rights and values than those of Western…

The European Commission presented its proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence ("AI Act") on 21 April.  The proposed regulation aims to create a legal framework in Europe for…

ZVEI participates in EU Impact Assessment for the Battery Directive  The revision of the EU Battery Directive 2013/56/EU is gathering pace. The EU Commission has announced a proposal for…

From time to time, the ZVEI provides additional information on selected countries and regions in a special edition of the foreign trade report.

After their moderate decrease in January, exports of the German electro and digital industry more or less stagnated in February 2025. In the numbers for February, possible effects of the announced…

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…

Exports in the German electro and digital industry were lower in October 2024 than a year earlier. Overall, they fell by 3.1% to 19.8 billion euros. A sustained recovery in the export business is…