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The situation in most mechanical engineering companies is currently characterized by the tense situation with materials and preliminary products. Not only disrupted supply chains are causing problems, but also the sharp rise in prices.

Here you can find information about the modules "Foreign trade in machinery (annual values)" and "German, EU27 and UK foreign trade in machinery (monthly values)" of the VDMA statistics database.

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The ifo Business Survey regularly provides indicators that allow an assessment of the economic development as well as the mood in companies. These so-called leading indicators can provide important information for assessing the future course of business.

A new interactive web report provides a concise overview of the most important country-specific macroeconomic data - including forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and information on the business environment.

With a monthly update, which is exclusively available for download to VDMA member companies, we inform you about the development of the price indices for goods in the field of process engineering.

The VDMA economists forecast price-adjusted turnover growth of 1 percent for the global mechanical engineering sector in 2023. However, turnover will decline in the EU-27 and the USA.

The mechanical and plant engineering sector in Saxony-Anhalt returned to growth in 2022. After a two-year dry spell, companies achieved an increase in sales.

Despite difficult conditions, Saxony's mechanical engineering companies are looking forward to an increase in sales in 2022 as a whole. The outlook for 2023 is cautiously optimistic.

At the start of the year, both order intake and sales fall significantly below the previous year's level in January 2023.

Thuringia's mechanical engineering companies continued the upward trend of the previous year in 2022, achieving double-digit sales growth despite the many obstacles to production.

As an important service, VDMA Armaturen offers member companies regular updates on important industry facts concerning the building and industrial valves industry.

In February 2023, 245 fire-fighting vehicles were newly registered in Germany.

The monthly figures on order intake in the eastern German machinery and plant engineering sector supplement our quarterly trend survey. Domestic and foreign orders declined in January 2023.

In 2022, Baden-Württemberg's machinery and plant manufacturers exported goods worth €46 billion - a nominal increase of 6.4 percent, or €2.8 billion, compared with 2021.

In the last two months of 2002, orders received by Hessian mechanical engineering companies again fell slightly.

The balance sheet for 2022 is not good for domestic order intake in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in Rhineland-Palatinate: 6 months of growth are offset by 6 months of losses, as was also the case in December with minus 14.1 percent.

The result for orders from the domestic market was once again negative for Saarland's mechanical and plant engineering companies in December, with a decline of 2.9 percent.

The VDMA regularly produces data sheets with structural data for the mechanical engineering industry. Currently, the statistics for the USA, Canada and Mexico for the year 2021 have been published. These are available in our statistics database.

Sentiment in the German elevator industry brightened considerably at the start of the year. Companies were more satisfied with their current business situation. They are also significantly more optimistic about the coming months.

A good end to the year and a large dose of confidence, but also noticeable production constraints - these are the results of the member survey for Q4 2022.

At 35 percent, the production data for general air handling technology show an extremely high growth rate, although the production increases for the individual sectors vary considerably in some cases.

Positive annual balance for the Process Equipment sector: order intake and sales are up for the full year 2022.