Industrial new orders down by 3.6% in euro area

In December 2007 compared with November 2007, the euro area (EA13) industrial new orders index fell by 3.6%. In November the index grew by 2.0%. In the EU27 new orders decreased by 1.2% in
December and by 0.2% in November. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment industrial new orders lost 0.8% in the euro area and 0.5% in the EU27.

In December 2007 compared with December 2006, industrial new orders increased by 2.1% in the euro area and by 7.5% in the EU27. Total industry excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment
grew by 3.3% in the euro area and by 6.6% in the EU27.

Compared with 2006, the average new orders index for 2007 increased by 8.2% in the euro zone and by 10.1% in the EU27.

These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.