Berlin
New orders of the German manufacturing industry in July increased 2.8 percent month-on-month, the Federal Statistical Office announced.
Compared with February, the month before Covid-19 measures including the temporary closure of shops and factories were in place in Germany, new orders were still down 8.2 percent, according to Destatis.
July was the third consecutive month in which Germany’s manufacturing industry recorded more orders, but the increase was not as large as in the previous months, according to Destatis. —Xinhua
