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March 2010 compared with February 2010 Industrial new orders up by 5.2% in euro area Up by 5.9% in EU27

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STAT/10/74

25 May 2010

March 2010 compared with February 2010

Industrial new orders up by 5.2% in euro area

Up by 5.9% in EU27

In March 2010 compared with February 2010, the euro area1 (EA16) industrial new orders index2 rose by 5.2%. In February3 the index increased by 1.9%. In the EU271, new orders gained 5.9% in March 2010 after a rise of 1.1% in February3. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment4, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders grew by 4.5% in the euro area and by 5.0% in the EU27.

In March 2010 compared with March 2009, industrial new orders increased by 19.8% in the euro area and by 20.7% in the EU27. Total industry excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment4 rose by 20.2% and 20.3% respectively.

These estimates are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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Monthly changes

In March 2010 compared with February 2010, new orders for capital goods rose by 5.7% in the euro area and by 5.9% in the EU27. Intermediate goods increased by 5.4% and 6.1% respectively. Non-durable consumer goods gained 4.2% in the euro area and 4.5% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods grew by 2.4% and 1.2% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in eighteen and fell in Portugal (-9.9%), Ireland (-5.5%) and Lithuania (-2.9%). The highest increases were registered in Denmark (+20.6%), Estonia (+12.3%) and Greece (+11.7%).

Annual changes

In March 2010 compared with March 2009, new orders for intermediate goods rose by 31.0% in the euro area and by 29.9% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 15.6% and 18.0% respectively. Durable consumer goods gained 11.2% in the euro area and 17.5% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods grew by 6.5% and 4.5% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in eighteen and fell in four. The highest increases were registered in the United Kingdom (+36.3%), Latvia (+33.8%), Germany (+31.0%) and Slovakia (+30.0%), and the largest decreases in Ireland (-22.9%), Portugal (-21.1%) and Denmark (-17.2%).

  • The euro area (EA16) includes Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The EU27 includes Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).

  • The new orders index measures the value of future deliveries of products and services (which are directly linked to these products) to be provided by a producer to a third party on the domestic and non-domestic market. The total manufacturing aggregate includes only those NACE levels required by the STS Regulation to be supplied by the Member States (NACE 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 24 to 30) and is referred to as “total manufacturing working on orders”. The euro area and EU aggregates normally do not include Member States for which no data is available.

The seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the unadjusted series from individual Member States and performing an adjustment for seasonal effects on these series. Therefore the seasonally adjusted figures for the European aggregates are based directly on the unadjusted series coming from the Member States and not on an aggregation of the seasonally adjusted indices from the Member States. The euro area and EU seasonally adjusted growth rates might differ from the weighted growth rates of the individual Member States. This procedure also implies that the aggregation of the overall figures is not based on the published details.

  • Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 56/2010 of 23 April 2010. The monthly growth rate for February 2010 has been revised from +1.5% to +1.9% for the euro area, and remained unchanged at +1.1% for the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from +12.2% to +12.5% for the euro area and from +12.7% to +12.9% for the EU27.

  • New orders for heavy transport equipment (NACE 30, which includes ships, railway and aerospace equipment) tend to be very volatile with a limited immediate impact on production. The aggregate "Manufacturing working on orders excluding heavy transport equipment" is less erratic. The share of heavy transport equipment in total manufacturing working on orders is 2.9% for the euro area and 3.0% for the EU.

  • Data for Ireland is working day adjusted.

Issued by: Eurostat Press Office

Tim ALLEN

Tel: +352-4301-33 444

eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu

For further information on data:

Jane SCHOFIELD

Tel: +352-4301-34 037

jane.schofield@ec.europa.eu

Eurostat news releases on the internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

Selected Principal European Economic Indicators: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators

Industrial new orders

% change compared with previous month

Oct-09

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

EA16

Total manufacturing working on orders

-1.7

3.0

1.3

-1.5

1.9

5.2

Intermediate goods

3.7

1.2

-3.9

5.0

2.7

5.4

Capital goods

-5.5

1.8

8.1

-7.5

2.1

5.7

Durable consumer goods

-2.7

2.7

-1.1

0.7

2.4

2.4

Non-durable consumer goods

-0.3

0.8

0.1

-0.4

-1.6

4.2

Total excl. heavy transport equipment4

0.0

2.8

0.9

-1.6

3.3

4.5

EU27

Total manufacturing working on orders

-1.9

2.9

1.6

-0.4

1.1

5.9

Intermediate goods

3.5

0.4

-3.2

5.4

2.2

6.1

Capital goods

-4.4

1.8

5.9

-4.0

2.0

5.9

Durable consumer goods

-1.8

3.1

0.8

2.0

2.4

1.2

Non-durable consumer goods

-1.6

2.0

-1.9

-0.2

-2.3

4.5

Total excl. heavy transport equipment4

-0.3

2.5

0.4

-0.3

2.6

5.0

Total manufacturing working on orders

Oct-09

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

EA16

-1.7

3.0

1.3

-1.5

1.9

5.2

EU27

-1.9

2.9

1.6

-0.4

1.1

5.9

Belgium

-5.9

2.5

-1.8

1.4

2.1

:

Bulgaria

2.5

-4.2

-0.3

6.6

4.0

1.2

Czech Republic

-0.3

6.2

0.7

-1.8

0.9

4.4

Denmark

-2.2

-0.3

3.7

-10.8

-4.3

20.6

Germany

-2.9

4.0

-1.8

5.5

0.5

5.7

Estonia

-4.3

8.5

-4.5

2.1

1.7

12.3

Ireland

-17.9

-3.8

-4.3

28.7

-5.0

-5.5

Greece

-3.1

7.9

6.7

-9.7

-3.6

11.7

Spain

1.4

3.6

2.6

-0.6

1.3

3.2

France

-8.4

0.6

16.8

-10.9

-1.0

6.5

Italy

1.5

4.8

2.9

-6.6

3.8

0.9

Cyprus

c

c

c

c

c

:

Latvia

4.9

-1.8

7.2

-2.9

3.2

9.5

Lithuania

1.2

1.8

6.9

6.3

1.1

-2.9

Luxembourg

0.2

5.9

-7.2

10.0

-2.8

:

Hungary

5.9

-8.6

-6.4

-3.1

10.0

2.9

Malta

11.1

-6.1

10.1

11.3

-9.7

:

Netherlands

2.8

4.3

2.1

-5.2

4.4

4.5

Austria

-3.7

12.4

-0.5

-7.5

7.0

:

Poland

-2.4

3.7

-1.9

7.1

-0.6

7.9

Portugal

6.7

-1.8

-3.5

4.5

2.6

-9.9

Romania

4.3

-1.6

-3.8

9.1

1.1

7.5

Slovenia

3.3

3.4

-1.6

-5.1

6.6

3.3

Slovakia

1.1

1.6

2.8

-1.1

5.3

6.0

Finland

c

c

c

c

c

c

Sweden

-1.7

3.1

2.0

-1.7

2.5

8.6

United Kingdom

2.1

1.9

1.5

3.9

2.9

5.5

Seasonally adjusted

: Data not available

c Confidential

Industrial new orders

% change compared with same month of previous year

Oct-09

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

EA16

Total manufacturing working on orders

-14.8

-0.4

9.7

7.5

12.5

19.8

Intermediate goods

-16.5

-1.9

6.2

13.1

23.5

31.0

Capital goods

-16.0

1.1

16.0

5.4

8.2

15.6

Durable consumer goods

-14.2

-4.6

-0.1

-0.7

5.4

11.2

Non-durable consumer goods

-6.4

0.6

0.1

-1.7

-2.6

6.5

Total excl. heavy transport equipment4

-14.7

-0.8

8.1

7.1

14.4

20.2

EU27

Total manufacturing working on orders

-14.1

-0.9

7.2

7.0

12.9

20.7

Intermediate goods

-15.2

-1.8

5.4

11.7

20.8

29.9

Capital goods

-16.1

-1.5

10.7

5.5

11.3

18.0

Durable consumer goods

-7.8

2.8

6.1

6.0

14.5

17.5

Non-durable consumer goods

-5.8

3.7

-1.4

-2.8

-5.9

4.5

Total excl. heavy transport equipment4

-14.2

-0.9

6.0

7.5

13.7

20.3

Total manufacturing working on orders

Oct-09

Nov-09

Dec-09

Jan-10

Feb-10

Mar-10

EA16

-14.8

-0.4

9.7

7.5

12.5

19.8

EU27

-14.1

-0.9

7.2

7.0

12.9

20.7

Belgium

-16.8

-3.4

-3.2

6.2

14.9

:

Bulgaria

-15.9

-11.2

-8.0

-4.2

21.9

21.7

Czech Republic

-10.5

7.3

12.4

5.0

7.8

15.8

Denmark

-15.1

4.4

11.0

-4.5

-6.7

-17.2

Germany

-12.4

1.5

6.8

16.4

24.5

31.0

Estonia

-35.5

-17.3

-16.3

-10.8

-2.5

18.4

Ireland5

-27.2

-30.1

-25.7

-14.9

-10.2

-22.9

Greece

-26.0

-11.1

-3.0

1.8

-4.8

15.0

Spain

-12.8

0.6

7.7

8.7

12.1

18.2

France

-13.4

-3.3

20.5

1.2

-2.3

14.0

Italy

-16.9

0.0

11.0

1.0

4.9

12.5

Cyprus

c

c

c

c

c

:

Latvia

-18.1

-12.9

12.7

-4.4

39.4

33.8

Lithuania

-35.3

-25.0

-11.1

10.8

3.5

10.3

Luxembourg

-12.2

7.6

-5.0

21.3

11.2

:

Hungary

-9.6

-0.4

7.0

-7.4

14.3

-0.9

Malta

-13.1

-8.2

12.4

34.5

20.5

:

Netherlands

-15.5

3.1

18.6

7.5

19.6

24.0

Austria

-19.8

7.8

22.8

5.7

20.5

:

Poland

-20.3

-12.6

-12.8

6.2

11.4

23.6

Portugal

-15.5

-10.9

-12.6

-0.5

8.5

-21.1

Romania

-11.7

-6.7

-12.1

16.3

11.4

28.6

Slovenia

-7.2

11.6

13.5

7.1

9.0

22.4

Slovakia

-8.7

1.7

18.5

21.3

29.4

30.0

Finland

-27.3

6.9

15.4

-6.2

12.3

22.0

Sweden

-15.2

-1.8

6.3

4.1

13.7

24.4

United Kingdom

-6.1

-1.3

-1.7

8.3

19.3

36.3

Gross data

: Data not available

c Confidential

Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders

Seasonally adjusted

(Base year 2005)

03/09

04/09

05/09

06/09

07/09

08/09

09/09

10/09

11/09

12/09

01/10

02/10

03/10

EA16

83.2

82.9

83.8

85.8

90.1

89.8

91.6

90.0

92.6

93.9

92.5

94.2

99.2

EU27

85.5

85.1

87.9

88.1

91.4

92.9

93.7

92.0

94.7

96.2

95.8

96.8

102.6

BE

86.1

83.5

86.3

87.5

88.7

89.6

99.2

93.4

95.7

94.0

95.3

97.3

:

BG

100.6

109.4

102.4

106.1

107.5

109.4

111.5

114.3

109.5

109.1

116.3

120.9

122.4

CZ

106.1

102.0

102.5

110.1

106.5

111.0

109.1

108.8

115.5

116.4

114.2

115.3

120.4

DK

122.5

106.3

104.4

78.9

81.6

83.5

98.1

95.9

95.6

99.1

88.4

84.6

102.0

DE

82.0

81.3

84.4

88.2

90.2

91.4

93.7

91.0

94.6

92.9

98.0

98.5

104.1

EE

107.7

101.3

103.7

103.0

106.4

110.7

106.3

101.8

110.5

105.6

107.8

109.6

123.0

IE

107.1

105.9

91.9

97.7

89.2

76.0

94.1

77.3

74.4

71.2

91.6

87.0

82.2

EL

79.0

81.2

79.5

81.8

83.1

81.9

83.4

80.8

87.2

93.1

84.0

81.0

90.5

ES

77.8

81.7

78.9

81.3

80.9

82.4

83.1

84.3

87.3

89.5

89.0

90.2

93.1

FR

83.0

80.9

81.6

82.2

83.7

84.9

90.8

83.2

83.7

97.8

87.1

86.2

91.8

IT

87.6

85.2

85.4

89.9

94.5

88.4

89.8

91.1

95.5

98.2

91.7

95.2

96.0

CY

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

:

LV

198.2

214.8

190.8

196.0

192.5

195.4

212.6

223.1

219.1

234.8

228.1

235.5

258.0

LT

103.4

109.0

105.6

102.1

104.5

102.6

97.2

98.4

100.1

107.0

113.8

115.1

111.7

LU

80.2

88.4

86.5

81.7

90.0

86.0

86.6

86.8

91.8

85.2

93.8

91.1

:

HU

94.2

84.3

79.2

89.0

89.1

87.3

93.8

99.3

90.8

85.0

82.4

90.6

93.2

MT

79.5

83.8

76.3

73.0

83.9

85.8

80.8

89.8

84.4

92.8

103.3

93.3

:

NL

84.7

81.4

90.0

89.1

93.0

93.1

94.4

97.0

101.1

103.3

97.9

102.2

106.9

AT

85.6

90.8

89.2

88.6

90.6

94.0

95.8

92.2

103.6

103.1

95.4

102.1

:

PL

163.2

157.8

162.0

151.0

163.2

147.7

162.5

158.6

164.4

161.2

172.6

171.5

185.1

PT

120.4

89.4

96.4

97.1

98.3

99.2

93.9

100.1

98.4

94.9

99.2

101.7

91.7

RO

128.9

135.6

138.4

138.0

136.2

136.3

139.8

145.8

143.5

138.0

150.6

152.3

163.6

SI

57.7

57.6

57.9

61.1

61.7

61.2

64.0

66.1

68.4

67.3

63.8

68.1

70.3

SK

117.1

116.2

112.5

118.3

119.3

135.0

132.7

134.2

136.3

140.2

138.6

145.9

154.6

FI

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

SE

82.0

80.7

81.6

83.8

91.8

87.9

88.7

87.1

89.8

91.6

90.1

92.3

100.3

UK

86.3

89.7

93.5

93.5

91.6

93.1

93.5

95.5

97.3

98.8

102.7

105.7

111.5

: Data not available

c Confidential

Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 304

Seasonally adjusted

(Base year 2005)

03/09

04/09

05/09

06/09

07/09

08/09

09/09

10/09

11/09

12/09

01/10

02/10

03/10

EA16

83.3

83.2

83.9

85.3

88.8

89.7

90.6

90.6

93.2

94.0

92.5

95.5

99.8

EU27

85.4

85.3

86.7

87.2

90.7

92.5

92.8

92.5

94.9

95.3

94.9

97.4

102.3

Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders

Gross data

(Base year 2005)

03/07

03/08

03/09

04/09

05/09

06/09

07/09

08/09

09/09

10/09

11/09

12/09

01/10

02/10

03/10

EA16

131.9

125.1

92.6

82.0

80.8

91.7

93.4

69.1

97.7

92.4

92.3

93.9

88.3

93.8

110.9

EU27

131.0

125.6

94.6

84.3

84.5

94.2

93.1

73.5

99.7

94.8

94.6

96.3

91.7

95.8

114.2

BE

139.1

123.9

93.2

84.5

82.7

96.7

83.1

77.1

112.2

100.7

94.9

92.2

88.4

94.9

:

BG

141.3

163.7

105.4

107.5

100.8

109.3

112.1

106.5

112.4

120.6

109.8

108.9

104.7

113.9

128.2

CZ

136.3

137.7

112.5

103.3

102.1

119.5

98.1

100.5

115.3

116.4

116.7

104.5

115.3

109.9

130.2

DK

117.1

120.8

129.4

101.6

101.7

83.7

72.4

76.4

103.0

97.7

96.4

96.6

85.4

79.6

107.1

DE

132.3

125.2

90.1

80.2

81.1

89.3

92.6

81.4

97.0

93.7

97.1

90.8

93.0

97.7

118.0

EE

146.2

157.9

111.2

104.8

104.0

107.7

101.9

109.1

117.9

109.6

112.6

99.0

91.6

99.3

131.7

IE5

120.9

123.9

124.9

107.8

87.8

104.6

77.6

69.3

91.9

78.8

73.7

72.8

91.3

87.1

96.3

EL

138.5

120.5

83.6

82.9

85.4

89.3

93.3

59.9

90.2

84.7

91.0

87.3

70.6

76.3

96.2

ES

130.7

129.3

84.6

84.1

79.5

84.6

91.0

56.4

89.7

91.0

85.8

83.8

84.7

86.8

100.0

FR

120.5

113.1

91.3

81.3

76.3

90.2

86.5

60.7

99.6

88.2

82.0

99.3

85.7

85.2

104.1

IT

141.5

135.2

98.9

82.0

82.4

99.2

111.9

48.8

98.6

93.1

93.1

101.7

82.8

98.4

111.3

CY

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

:

LV

237.5

270.6

229.9

251.6

193.1

193.9

174.8

185.8

233.3

251.8

228.1

234.0

224.8

238.5

307.6

LT

152.6

167.7

108.7

113.4

105.1

102.8

102.5

97.9

102.6

102.8

97.8

103.8

106.8

110.5

119.9

LU

167.1

143.3

80.7

91.3

84.0

86.2

102.1

75.2

93.4

85.9

91.4

69.3

97.9

88.1

:

HU

122.4

117.7

99.7

76.6

72.6

90.3

79.4

74.8

96.9

107.2

101.1

86.9

95.1

86.4

98.8

MT

142.3

88.9

85.3

76.0

70.9

80.6

82.2

78.5

93.6

90.9

84.6

103.4

87.5

84.1

:

NL

141.2

127.6

93.2

78.3

87.0

95.4

91.7

83.9

100.4

98.9

100.9

104.5

92.6

97.6

115.6

AT

136.1

127.8

90.4

91.4

84.0

91.5

92.0

81.6

107.8

94.8

103.8

101.9

89.7

96.4

:

PL

189.0

184.3

158.4

154.5

160.1

144.6

162.7

133.3

167.0

157.5

161.9

149.4

161.3

160.3

195.8

PT

139.6

135.1

143.1

90.3

97.7

100.3

105.0

68.4

100.4

104.6

97.0

90.5

94.1

100.7

112.9

RO

144.2

154.8

130.6

124.3

134.7

142.0

132.9

115.0

151.4

161.7

140.5

128.7

146.6

139.7

168.0

SI

107.9

88.9

59.7

56.6

59.8

61.9

58.4

57.4

71.7

69.9

65.3

59.8

63.3

67.7

73.1

SK

158.3

178.0

125.8

114.1

112.5

121.7

116.5

126.5

149.6

147.5

144.8

121.9

125.4

140.8

163.6

FI

114.9

110.7

74.7

69.3

68.7

81.3

66.5

68.7

77.2

76.2

85.6

81.8

73.7

76.9

91.1

SE

134.7

119.8

93.8

82.6

81.4

93.4

74.0

76.9

95.7

89.0

89.2

90.1

86.3

92.1

116.7

UK

108.7

115.1

87.5

81.9

93.4

99.4

82.4

88.0

97.2

92.3

92.2

104.5

99.9

97.3

119.3

: Data not available

c Confidential

Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 304

Gross data

(Base year 2005)

03/07

03/08

03/09

04/09

05/09

06/09

07/09

08/09

09/09

10/09

11/09

12/09

01/10

02/10

03/10

EA16

134.2

125.2

92.7

82.7

81.4

91.0

92.7

69.8

96.8

93.6

92.6

91.2

88.3

95.0

111.4

EU27

133.4

125.1

94.6

84.8

84.0

92.9

92.8

73.7

98.9

95.8

94.7

92.4

91.2

96.7

113.8

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