INDUSTRY : NEW ORDERS UP IN OCTOBER 2011.

In October 2011, compared with September 2011, the eurozone (EA17) industrial new orders index(1) rose by 1.8%, after a fall of 7.8% in September, according to data released by Eurostat, on 5 January.

In the EU27, new orders increased by 0.5% in October 2011, after a fall of 2.1% in September. Excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders dropped by 0.5% in the eurozone and by 0.9% in the EU27.

In October 2011, compared with October 2010, industrial new orders increased by 1.6% in the eurozone and by 2.6% in the EU27. Total industry excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment rose by 1.9% and 2.4%, respectively.

In October 2011, compared with September 2011, new orders for capital goods rose by 1.6% in the eurozone and by 1.4% in the EU27. Intermediate goods declined by 0.2% and 0.6%, respectively. Non-durable consumer goods dropped by 0.5% in the eurozone and by 0.2% in the EU27. Durable consumer goods decreased by 2.3% and 0.4%, respectively.

Among the member states for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in five and fell in twenty-one. The highest increases were registered in Germany (+5.5%), the UK (+2.9%) and Estonia (+2.4%), and the largest decreases in...