CORRECTION: Stats: New Orders in Industry Down 2 percent Y-o-Y in December 2025

TASR released a story earlier on Tuesday that includes some incorrect data. In particular, the second sentence of the third paragraph incorrectly states that "the overall development was most significantly influenced by y-o-y drops in orders in the production of motor vehicles, semi-trailers and trailers (by 0.7 percent), in the production and processing of metals (1.9 percent) and in the production of electric appliances (12.8 percent). In fact, it should have stated: "the overall development was most significantly influenced by y-o-y drops in orders in the production of motor vehicles, semi-trailers and trailers (by 9 percent), in the production and processing of metals (6.3 percent) and in the production of electric appliances (9.4 percent). The fourth paragraph incorrectly states that "conversely, y-o-y growth was primarily seen in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (by 9.2 percent), in the production of other transport equipment (30.1 percent), and in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (6.3 percent). In fact, the paragraph should have stated the following: "conversely, y-o-y growth was primarily seen in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (by 47.9 percent), in the production of other transport equipment (147.5 percent), and in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (32.4 percent). The incorrect data was provided by the Statistics Office. We apologise for this error. The corrected story is as follows: Stats: New Orders in Industry Down 2 percent Y-o-Y in December 2025 Bratislava, 17 February (TASR) - The value of new orders in Slovak industry went down by 2 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) to €4.68 billion in December 2025, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday, adding that this was the third decline in a row and the eighth to be posted last year. After seasonal adjustments, new orders in industry decreased by 6.3 percent month-on-month (m-o-m) in December. Five of the 12 monitored branches posted y-o-y decreases in volumes of orders in December. "the overall development was most significantly influenced by y-o-y drops in orders in the production of motor vehicles, semi-trailers and trailers (by 9 percent), in the production and processing of metals (6.3 percent) and in the production of electric appliances (9.4 percent). Conversely, y-o-y growth was primarily seen in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (by 47.9 percent), in the production of other transport equipment (147.5 percent), and in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (32.4 percent). ko/df