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With an increase of one and a half percent, orders in the German electro and digital industry slightly exceeded the previous year’s level in August 2025. With the exception of July, this means that…

China is of great importance to the German electro and digital industry. With a share of just under forty percent, the Chinese market is the world's largest national market. For the German electro…

The fact sheet provides an up-to-date overview of the most important economic and structural data on the German Electro and Digital Industry.

With the widespread introduction of new (high) tariffs, the new US administration is implementing nothing less than a paradigm shift in decades of American trade policy: away from free trade…

Exports of the German electro and digital industry kept rising. In July 2025, they advanced by 6.1% (year over year), reaching €21.0bn. This was the third increase in a row.

The Chinese electro market is by far the largest in the world. From 2010 to 2023 its volume nearly trippled. However, in view of the structural challenges facing the Chinese economy (including low…

On 18th of December in 2024 the new EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The regulation governs the placing on the market of…

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.…

The publication deals with the research and development expenditures of the German industry as a whole and, in particular, those of the domestic electro and digital industry (also regarding…