In the European Union, industrial new orders nudged down 0.3% in June, after an increase of 1.2% in May, EU’s statistics office Eurostat said.
New orders rose in nine member states for which data are available and fell in twelve. The highest increases were registered in Denmark (+19.2%), Latvia (+15.7%) and France (+13.8%), and the largest decreases in Sweden (-10.5%), Estonia (-9.8%) and Hungary (-9.7%).
In June compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian industrial orders rose 2.3%, after a 15.7% annual increase in May. The data for May were revised down from a growth of 18.3% previously estimated.
Total manufacturing working on orders rose in sixteen and fell in five member states. The highest increases were registered in Lithuania (+28.4%), Bulgaria (+21.3%) and France (+20.2%), and the largest decreases in Hungary (-8.3%), Denmark and Greece (both -6.0%).