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September 2011 compared with August 2011 Industrial new orders down by 6.4% in euro area Down by 2.3% in EU27

Reference: STAT/11/170 Event Date: 23/11/2011 Export pdf PDF word DOC
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STAT/11/170

23 November 2011

September 2011 compared with August 2011
Industrial new orders down by 6.4% in euro area
Down by 2.3% in EU27

In September 2011 compared with August 2011, the euro area 1 (EA17) industrial new orders index 2 fell by 6.4%. In August 3 the index rose by 1.4%. In the EU27 1 new orders decreased by 2.3% in September 2011, after a fall of 0.3% in August 3 . Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment 4 , for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders dropped by 4.3% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU27 .

In September 2011 compared with September 2010, industrial new orders increased by 1.6% in the euro area and by 2.3% in the EU27 . Total industry excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment 4 rose by 2.5% and 3.5% respectively.

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

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Monthly comparison

In September 2011 compared with August 2011, new orders for c apital goods fell by 6.8% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU27 . I ntermediate goods dropped by 3.2 % and 2.1% respectively. Non-durable consumer goods declined by 2.0% in both zones . Durable consumer goods decreased by 0.6% in the euro area , but increased by 1.1% in the EU27 .

Among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders fell in ten and rose in twelve. The largest decreases were registered in Italy (-9.2%), Estonia (-9.1%), France (-6.2%), Spain (-5.3%) and Germany (-4.4%), and the highest increases in Denmark (+14.0%), Latvia (+13.1%), Poland (+5.1%) and the Czech Republic (+4.8%).

Annual comparison

In September 2011 compared with September 2010, new orders for intermediate goods rose by 3.1% in the euro area and by 3.9% in the EU27 . Durable consumer goods increased by 1.3% in the euro area , but decreased by 3.4% in the EU27 . Non-durable consumer goods gained 0.8% and 0.1 % respectively. Capital goods grew by 0.6% in the euro area and by 2.4% in the EU27 .

Among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in eighteen and fell in the Netherlands (-4.8%), Italy (-4.3%), the United Kingdom (-3.4%) and Ireland (-1.6%). The highest increases were registered in Latvia (+37.7%), Denmark (+31.2%), Lithuania (+28.9%) and Poland (+18.0%).

  • The euro area (EA17) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, 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 working day adjusted series for 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 working day adjusted series for 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.

Working day adjusted data for Germany, Ireland, Spain, Latvia, Malta and Finland are calculated by the National Statistical Institutes of the corresponding Member States, using their own national calendar information. Working day adjusted data for all other Member States are calculated by Eurostat based on gross data provided by the Member States, using a standard calendar.

Due to the volatility of industrial new orders, the figures can vary significantly from month to month and therefore short-term movements should be interpreted with caution.

The weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates can be found at:

http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/dsis/ebt/library?l=/sts_weights_public&vm=detailed&sb=Title

See file: EU_EA17_NEWS_RELEASE_WEIGHTINGS_2005_nace2

More detailed data can be found in the short-term statistics database on the Eurostat website:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/short_term_business_statistics/data/database

  • Data of previous months have been revised compared with those issued in News Release 1 54/2011 of 24 October 2011. The monthly growth rates for August 2011 have been revised from +1.9% to +1.4% for the euro area and from +0.4% to -0.3% for the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from +6.2% to +5.9% for the euro area and from +6.5% to +6.0% 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 can be found in the document referred to in note no. 2.

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

I ndustrial new orders

% change compared with previous month

Apr-11

May-11

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

EA17

Total manufacturing working on orders

-0.3

3.3

-0.7

-1.9

1.4

-6.4

Intermediate goods

-2.4

2.2

-4.1

1.6

0.8

-3.2

Capital goods

1.4

3.2

5.9

-8.2

2.7

-6.8

Durable consumer goods

1.3

0.7

-4.1

3.2

-1.0

-0.6

Non-durable consumer goods

0.1

5.1

-3.4

0.3

0.9

-2.0

Total excl. heavy transport equipment 4

-1.0

2.7

-2.6

1.3

0.3

-4.3

EU27

Total manufacturing working on orders

0.2

1.1

-0.5

-0.9

-0.3

-2.3

Intermediate goods

-2.2

1.9

-3.4

0.9

0.9

-2.1

Capital goods

-0.7

2.7

4.0

-5.8

0.9

-2.1

Durable consumer goods

-3.8

1.9

-0.2

0.1

-2.0

1.1

Non-durable consumer goods

0.4

4.9

-4.2

1.7

-0.1

-2.0

Total excl. heavy transport equipment 4

-1.5

2.8

-2.3

1.1

0.1

-2.1

Total manufacturing working on orders

Apr-11

May-11

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

EA17

-0.3

3.3

-0.7

-1.9

1.4

-6.4

EU27

0.2

1.1

-0.5

-0.9

-0.3

-2.3

Belgium

:

:

:

:

:

:

Bulgaria

-5.3

7.6

-5.7

2.3

-3.9

0.2

Czech Republic

-0.6

-0.1

-0.8

-3.0

-2.0

4.8

Denmark

-2.1

3.8

25.9

-7.6

-8.0

14.0

Germany

2.6

2.2

0.4

-2.7

-1.2

-4.4

Estonia

-0.9

5.5

-7.3

3.1

10.9

-9.1

Ireland

11.7

0.5

0.4

0.3

-4.4

3.2

Greece

-0.2

1.4

-0.4

1.0

0.9

-3.3

Spain

-2.1

4.3

-0.1

-2.1

3.4

-5.3

France

-1.5

2.5

13.7

-11.1

3.6

-6.2

Italy

-4.2

2.9

-3.9

-0.2

5.1

-9.2

Cyprus

c

c

c

c

c

:

Latvia

-7.6

-8.8

16.4

-3.0

6.8

13.1

Lithuania

-1.8

-1.3

5.6

2.9

-0.6

1.7

Luxembourg

1.2

9.3

-1.8

-2.5

-3.9

:

Hungary

-9.9

9.7

-9.1

1.6

11.3

2.1

Malta

-3.0

0.0

-2.5

-1.2

-0.2

:

Netherlands

-2.6

1.1

-4.2

0.3

-5.4

0.1

Austria

-3.0

8.8

-10.0

4.0

-2.2

:

Poland

-3.7

4.3

1.7

-1.4

2.4

5.1

Portugal

-2.0

1.3

2.7

0.7

-1.1

-2.3

Romania

8.1

-3.6

-3.0

3.9

2.2

2.3

Slovenia

1.1

-1.4

-0.5

-0.6

1.4

0.3

Slovakia

2.8

1.9

-3.7

-7.3

12.4

0.5

Finland

7.1

-8.6

10.0

-10.4

-3.8

-0.5

Sweden

-2.5

5.2

-10.0

5.8

0.7

-1.8

United Kingdom

0.3

1.3

0.2

0.3

-0.7

-1.9

Seasonally adjusted

: Data not available

c Confidential

I ndustrial new orders

% change compared with same month of previous year *

Apr-11

May-11

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

EA17

Total manufacturing working on orders

11.1

13.2

10.7

8.8

5.9

1.6

Intermediate goods

10.2

13.3

5.8

7.7

5.9

3.1

Capital goods

15.3

15.7

18.1

11.7

7.5

0.6

Durable consumer goods

0.4

-0.5

-5.2

2.2

-3.8

1.3

Non-durable consumer goods

2.1

9.1

2.2

2.6

3.4

0.8

Total excl. heavy transport equipment 4

9.9

12.0

7.5

8.1

4.7

2.5

EU27

Total manufacturing working on orders

9.3

12.2

8.4

7.1

6.0

2.3

Intermediate goods

9.2

12.3

5.8

6.7

6.6

3.9

Capital goods

13.0

15.0

13.7

9.4

7.6

2.4

Durable consumer goods

-10.9

-7.3

-6.7

-4.1

-9.1

-3.4

Non-durable consumer goods

0.6

6.0

0.2

1.5

1.2

0.1

Total excl. heavy transport equipment 4

8.5

10.9

5.9

7.3

4.8

3.5

Total manufacturing working on orders

Apr-11

May-11

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

EA17

11.1

13.2

10.7

8.8

5.9

1.6

EU27

9.3

12.2

8.4

7.1

6.0

2.3

Belgium

:

:

:

:

:

:

Bulgaria

20.0

33.2

20.0

23.1

15.9

14.0

Czech Republic

11.4

3.5

5.1

3.5

-5.5

2.7

Denmark

9.4

-5.6

0.2

18.0

-8.5

31.2

Germany

13.7

15.4

11.7

11.0

6.0

3.8

Estonia

55.5

49.7

14.9

24.9

41.2

11.2

Ireland

4.5

2.7

4.0

-0.2

-5.0

-1.6

Greece

1.8

11.0

-1.8

7.0

-1.7

0.4

Spain

5.5

6.5

3.7

2.8

4.0

3.4

France

10.5

16.8

20.1

8.5

10.1

3.1

Italy

6.5

7.0

6.3

8.6

4.5

-4.3

Cyprus

c

c

c

c

c

:

Latvia

6.4

-10.6

9.6

0.1

15.6

37.7

Lithuania

23.4

20.3

28.4

24.3

19.3

28.9

Luxembourg

-17.0

26.3

27.7

10.6

4.4

:

Hungary

6.1

2.4

-7.8

-6.0

10.6

7.8

Malta

-2.4

-0.4

-2.0

-8.6

-5.1

:

Netherlands

11.1

14.4

2.5

3.4

-0.8

-4.8

Austria

11.6

22.3

-0.3

8.8

2.9

:

Poland

-1.6

7.6

10.8

0.2

13.0

18.0

Portugal

10.0

23.9

12.8

20.9

13.9

0.5

Romania

27.5

15.7

2.8

11.3

12.7

14.5

Slovenia

10.9

6.0

1.0

5.0

7.4

7.8

Slovakia

11.7

14.5

6.3

-1.4

9.5

10.5

Finland

28.9

11.1

16.3

7.5

8.5

2.4

Sweden

9.1

12.3

-1.4

0.7

10.9

2.1

United Kingdom

-3.1

10.0

-2.2

-1.3

5.1

-3.4

* Working day adjusted

: Data not available

c Confidential

I ndustrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders

Seasonally adjusted

(Base year 200 5)

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

06/11

07/11

08/11

09/11

EA17

104.7

105.9

108.0

109.4

110.3

111.9

111.7

111.4

115.1

114.3

112.1

113.7

106.5

EU27

107.9

109.4

110.8

113.0

112.9

114.1

114.2

114.4

115.6

115.0

114.0

113.6

111.0

BE

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

BG

139.1

136.6

140.4

131.7

148.5

160.9

167.7

158.8

170.9

161.1

164.7

158.3

158.7

CZ

127.9

127.5

130.5

130.0

135.0

132.6

133.8

133.0

132.8

131.7

127.8

125.3

131.3

DK

92.3

94.6

96.4

102.1

114.3

128.8

101.4

99.3

103.1

129.8

120.0

110.4

125.9

DE

111.1

112.6

118.5

115.4

119.0

122.0

119.1

122.2

124.9

125.4

122.0

120.5

115.2

EE

201.7

194.3

199.8

318.9

208.5

214.1

223.0

221.0

233.2

216.1

222.7

247.0

224.5

IE

96.0

96.3

97.9

95.8

98.9

98.0

84.4

94.3

94.8

95.2

95.5

91.3

94.2

EL

86.5

90.9

91.3

91.9

91.9

90.5

87.3

87.1

88.3

88.0

88.9

89.7

86.7

ES

88.7

92.4

91.0

90.7

94.7

91.7

94.0

92.0

96.0

95.9

93.9

97.0

91.9

FR

93.2

94.4

96.6

102.5

97.2

98.9

97.4

95.9

98.3

111.8

99.4

103.0

96.6

IT

108.6

105.7

104.6

114.9

111.7

112.6

115.5

110.6

113.9

109.4

109.2

114.8

104.3

CY

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

:

LV

285.8

332.9

320.2

330.1

367.8

364.2

339.9

314.1

286.5

333.3

323.5

345.5

390.7

LT

128.3

149.1

152.6

158.1

160.8

156.4

155.4

152.5

150.6

159.0

163.6

162.7

165.5

LU

141.4

108.2

115.7

120.4

125.6

119.3

117.3

118.7

129.8

127.4

124.2

119.3

:

HU

110.9

105.7

120.2

97.5

104.2

116.1

115.1

103.7

113.8

103.4

105.1

117.0

119.4

MT

97.1

102.7

103.8

103.8

112.9

104.3

103.1

100.0

100.0

97.5

96.3

96.1

:

NL

117.6

117.2

114.5

127.1

121.1

124.9

124.6

121.4

122.7

117.6

118.0

111.6

111.8

AT

109.4

112.2

121.5

124.5

123.0

126.2

123.5

119.8

130.4

117.4

122.0

119.4

:

PL

181.7

184.6

180.9

189.4

185.8

188.1

195.2

188.0

196.0

199.3

196.5

201.2

211.5

PT

113.5

118.9

130.0

125.2

124.1

121.6

120.5

118.1

119.5

122.7

123.6

122.3

119.5

RO

181.1

176.3

182.1

192.3

200.8

191.2

188.2

203.5

196.2

190.4

197.8

202.1

206.7

SI

76.5

79.3

78.8

82.0

82.6

83.5

82.4

83.3

82.2

81.8

81.3

82.4

82.7

SK

157.9

165.9

167.9

174.4

169.7

171.4

166.8

171.4

174.7

168.3

156.1

175.5

176.5

FI

94.2

93.9

97.0

110.6

101.6

98.1

104.4

111.8

102.2

112.4

100.7

96.9

96.4

SE

101.6

105.8

103.8

107.4

103.1

105.4

107.6

104.8

110.3

99.3

105.0

105.8

103.9

UK

105.0

105.2

107.4

111.4

106.1

107.5

105.7

106.0

107.4

107.6

107.9

107.2

105.2

: Data not available

c Confidential

Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 30 4

Seasonally adjusted

(Base year 200 5)

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

06/11

07/11

08/11

09/11

EA17

105.2

105.0

108.4

109.5

111.4

113.0

112.0

110.9

113.9

111.0

112.4

112.7

107.9

EU27

108.1

107.8

110.0

111.0

112.7

114.0

114.4

112.7

115.8

113.1

114.4

114.5

112.0

Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders

Working day adjusted data

(Base year 200 5)

09/08

09/09

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

06/11

07/11

08/11

09/11

EA17

113.9

95.1

108.3

107.3

109.1

108.7

109.6

112.9

123.0

109.7

114.5

121.2

113.8

89.9

110.0

EU27

116.6

97.3

110.8

109.2

110.8

112.3

111.2

113.7

124.4

110.4

115.8

122.6

113.6

94.5

113.3

BE

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

BG

150.6

112.4

139.4

142.2

139.2

127.4

132.5

153.3

178.1

158.7

172.2

167.6

173.3

153.4

158.9

CZ

132.7

111.8

132.5

133.0

132.2

114.9

141.4

130.0

142.1

132.4

139.3

140.5

113.1

116.3

136.0

DK

103.4

99.8

95.2

96.2

96.5

96.5

117.5

119.7

102.0

96.7

102.4

136.7

107.6

105.9

124.9

DE

113.9

95.3

112.9

112.6

121.0

111.3

118.1

122.1

129.5

120.3

122.8

129.1

122.3

110.7

117.2

EE

189.6

140.5

215.6

206.4

211.1

296.5

186.1

195.7

232.2

222.8

239.8

219.4

201.2

250.0

239.8

IE 5

102.5

91.9

95.2

96.2

93.7

88.9

102.3

100.5

96.0

96.1

95.4

103.7

88.0

81.5

93.7

EL

118.6

89.1

84.9

98.4

95.9

82.8

82.1

89.7

91.7

88.7

95.5

92.1

96.8

70.7

85.2

ES

107.8

87.2

93.1

96.0

93.7

85.8

95.9

93.2

104.7

96.8

99.6

97.4

96.5

65.1

96.3

FR

103.8

96.4

96.8

99.5

94.5

101.1

101.9

99.3

110.0

94.1

99.8

118.9

102.0

73.6

99.8

IT

122.0

96.6

115.1

107.3

101.9

116.2

103.7

117.4

131.8

106.2

116.6

118.8

122.9

68.2

110.2

CY

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LV

320.2

219.7

290.4

369.4

317.7

299.6

381.5

356.0

381.7

344.0

286.5

328.7

282.1

312.8

400.0

LT

175.4

101.5

131.0

158.6

152.5

153.3

157.0

150.7

162.1

156.3

150.8

156.4

158.6

159.1

168.8

LU

118.6

93.3

137.9

105.6

115.9

100.3

145.0

123.5

127.5

115.8

137.1

126.1

126.1

98.5

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HU

116.4

95.3

114.3

114.2

133.1

97.7

120.7

112.0

113.4

101.8

106.8

103.9

95.5

99.7

123.2

MT

111.9

92.3

102.9

106.4

101.9

113.3

102.9

97.6

109.4

98.8

94.0

100.3

95.3

88.5

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NL

127.6

99.0

122.1

119.0

114.2

127.2

118.0

121.9

131.8

119.5

122.5

123.0

115.2

104.0

116.2

AT

123.3

106.3

118.6

113.4

123.2

121.9

119.5

120.7

133.6

118.4

128.4

120.0

120.9

105.5

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PL

205.7

166.3

186.5

183.7

174.9

183.1

179.1

178.6

207.5

180.5

190.9

192.2

185.4

183.0

220.0

PT

134.9

100.4

120.6

114.9

151.3

111.1

117.3

127.4

132.9

113.6

127.4

124.1

126.1

88.5

121.2

RO

184.3

149.1

194.4

190.0

177.5

179.0

213.6

174.6

183.9

198.5

197.4

193.4

186.5

176.1

222.6

SI

85.1

72.1

82.1

80.8

76.5

74.0

82.6

84.6

87.6

84.8

86.3

84.7

74.9

74.9

88.5

SK

175.2

149.6

169.3

178.3

175.2

162.4

161.1

173.0

183.3

170.8

179.9

167.6

141.5

158.7

187.1

FI

110.1

75.5

97.3

97.2

105.9

119.1

104.6

95.1

116.2

114.1

111.2

131.8

84.6

90.4

99.6

SE

109.3

91.9

106.2

108.7

105.0

105.7

101.4

104.5

121.7

104.2

113.9

106.4

84.9

97.4

108.4

UK

116.3

97.0

107.8

98.3

102.1

128.0

98.0

100.1

114.1

95.2

102.4

117.2

103.8

100.0

104.1

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Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 30 4

Working day adjusted data

(Base year 200 5)

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09/09

09/10

10/10

11/10

12/10

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02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

06/11

07/11

08/11

09/11

EA17

115.2

93.6

108.8

107.9

109.0

105.2

111.0

114.3

124.1

110.9

114.0

116.2

114.5

89.1

111.6

EU27

117.2

96.0

111.1

110.4

111.1

106.7

113.0

115.0

125.6

112.0

115.9

118.6

114.6

94.1

115.0

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