Fluid Power Shipments Dip in July 2025
Data recently published by the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) shows fluid power shipments declined again in July 2025.
Total fluid power shipments decreased 9.3% from June 2025 and were 7.6% below July 2024’s index. This comes after the slight uptick in shipments recorded in June, demonstrating continued market challenges for the hydraulics and pneumatics sector.
Shipments have been down for most of 2025 so far as demand in many of the fluid power industry’s customer markets has remained low. Economic uncertainty, due in part to the ever-changing tariff landscape, has made many hesitant to invest in new machinery in both the mobile and industrial sectors.
May and June saw more muted declines in shipments, hinting a turnaround could be in store, but that may be attributed to pre-buying ahead of tariffs going into effect on August 1.
NFPA’s July 2025 data shows total pneumatic shipments 3/12 rate of change have been trending negatively over the last 3 months. Alternatively, total hydraulic shipments’ 3/12 and 12/12 rates of change have been trending positively during the same period, indicating there could be some signs of life emerging in sectors utilizing hydraulics.
Flip through this media gallery to see NFPA’s charts depicting how fluid power shipment and order data is currently trending. The charts are drawn from data collected as part of NFPA’s Confidential Shipment Statistics (CSS) program in which over 70 manufacturers of fluid power products report their monthly orders and shipments.
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Sara Jensen
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Sara Jensen is executive editor of Power & Motion, directing expanded coverage into the modern fluid power space, as well as mechatronic and smart technologies. She has over 15 years of publishing experience. Prior to Power & Motion she spent 11 years with a trade publication for engineers of heavy-duty equipment, the last 3 of which were as the editor and brand lead. Over the course of her time in the B2B industry, Sara has gained an extensive knowledge of various heavy-duty equipment industries — including construction, agriculture, mining and on-road trucks —along with the systems and market trends which impact them such as fluid power and electronic motion control technologies.
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