In the European Union, industrial new orders fell 1.4% on the month in November, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat said.
New orders rose in 11 member states for which data were available, fell in nine and remained stable in Slovenia. The largest decreases were registered in Sweden (-6.1%), Germany (-5%), Hungary and the Netherlands (both -3%), and the highest increases in Latvia (+23.2%), Ireland (+14.5%) and Romania.
In November compared with the same month of 2010, Romanian industrial orders rose 9.2%, the fifth biggest increase in the bloc.
Industrial new orders in the EU fell 1.2% on the year in November.
Total manufacturing working on orders rose in 13 and fell in eight member states. The largest decreases were registered in Portugal (-25%), Sweden (-9.7%) and Hungary (-7.4%), and the highest increases in Latvia (+35.6%), Estonia (+12.4%) and Poland (+11.3%).