| Eurozone industrial new orders rise by 2.5% in June |
| Date: 2010/8/27 Click: 1670 |
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Industrial new orders rose by 2.5 percent in the euro zone in June, compared with the previous month, the European Union (EU)'s statistics agency Eurostat said on Tuesday.
The index increased by 4.1 percent on monthly basis in May, according to revised figures.
In the 27-member EU, new orders rose by 2.4 percent month on month in June after an increase of 4.0 percent in May, Eurostat said.
Among the various industries, new orders for capital goods rose by 5.3 percent in the euro zone and by 5.1 percent in the EU. Intermediate goods increased by 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent respectively. Durable consumer goods fell by 1.1 percent in the euro zone and by 0.1 percent in the EU. Non-durable consumer goods decreased by 1.8 percent and 0.9 percent respectively.
Among the EU member states for which data were available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in 16 and fell in four on monthly basis. The highest increase was recorded in Denmark, up by 23 percent, and the largest decrease in Ireland, down by 4.7 percent.
Compared with June 2009, industrial new orders increased by 22.6 percent in the euro zone and by 22.5 percent in the EU. |
