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 Evaluation of order-book levels for manufacturing industry of Portugal's main trading partners (Seasonal adjusted balance)
Characteristic Description
Name Evaluation of order-book levels for manufacturing industry of Portugal's main trading partners (Seasonal adjusted balance); Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term economic statistics
First available period January 1998
Last available period November 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization
Concepts
  • BALANCE:  Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.) and negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesn't know".;
  • ORDER PORTFOLIO:  The amount (quantity and/or value) of orders that a statistical unit holds in a certain period.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Definition Indicator calculated based on the aggregation of the balances of the question related to the order book of the Manufacturing Industry Qualitative Survey for the following set of countries: USA, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom (until December 2020). The weights used reflect the structure of Portuguese goods exports. Source: European Commission (DG-ECFIN), OECD and INE. Values are seasonally adjusted.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 19/12/2025


information presented in 19/12/2025