german manufacturing orders fell in october missing expectations of an increase amid continuing supplychain disruptions that is curtailing factory activity manufacturing orders declined 69 on month in october in adjusted terms following a revised 18 rise in september according to data from federal statistics office destatis released monday economists polled by the wall street journal had expected orders to increase 05 orders of intermediate goods fell 27 on the month and capital goods orders decreased 107 regarding consumer goods orders went up 43 destatis said domestic orders increased 34 while foreign orders declined 131 the data showed new orders from the eurozone fell 32 and new orders from other countries decreased 181 manufacturing orders fell 10 in october on an annual basis adjusted for calendar and price effects and were 17 above february 2020 prepandemic levels the statistics office said germanys manufacturing sector remains afflicted by widespread supplychain problems and material shortages are a restraining factor for both production and new orders according to recent data from purchasing managers surveys german industrial production data for october is due to be published tuesday