German industrial orders rise slower than expected

Nov 5 (Reuters) - German ‌industrial orders ​rose ​less than expected in September, increasing by 4.4% from the previous month on a ‌seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, the federal statistics office ⁠said on Thursday, pointing to a hike in automotive orders.

A ‌Reuters poll of analysts ‌had pointed to a rise of 4.8%.

New orders in manufacturing were primarily driven by a substantial increase ​in the automotive industry, which rose 10.5% from the previous month, the statistics office said.

That ⁠was in part due to a low level in new orders and ​production in the two previous months over production changeovers and factory holidays.

An 8.3% growth ​in the manufacture of machinery and ‌equipment also had a positive impact on orders, the statistics office said, with ⁠a large-scale order contributing.

The less volatile three-month comparison showed that total new orders were 0.2% higher in the ⁠third quarter of 2026 than in the second.

Industry association VDMA said ​on Wednesday that orders in mechanical and plant engineering rose 14% in real terms in September year-over-year, but the increase ‌was largely due to an unusually weak year-earlier comparison, and any upswing was ‌seen as tenuous.

After revision of provisional data, new ⁠orders in August declined ‌by 10.1% on ​July, while the provisional reading was -10.6%.

(Reporting by Basile Day and Linda Pasquini, editing by Thomas ‌Seythal)

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