New industrial orders have grown by 19.4 per cent in H1 compared to the same period last year, the data published by the National Statistics Institute (INS) shows. The growth was backed by all industrial groups. Thus, in the first half of the year orders in the intermediary goods industry climbed by 26.3 per cent, in the durable goods industry by 20.7 per cent, in the capital goods industry by 17.1 per cent and in the soft goods industry by 7.3 per cent. In June alone new industrial orders grew by 2.3 per cent compared to the same month last year and dropped by 0.6 per cent compared to the month before.
