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VDMA machinery forecast 2026: production −2%, orders +5%, and why the German machine slot a Pakistani buyer books before 31 December is the cheap one
Zohaib Masood

VDMA machinery forecast 2026: production −2%, orders +5%, and why the German machine slot a Pakistani buyer books before 31 December is the cheap one

VDMA cut Germany's 2026 machinery production forecast to −2% on 17 September while orders run +5% and non-eurozone orders +14%; Japan's customs table the same week shows metalworking-machinery exports +26.8%, 80% more to the US. What the two tables do to a German versus Japanese quote this quarter, with a dated call on the 2027 forecast.

VDMA production forecast 2026German machinery ordersJapan metalworking machinery exports
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