STAT/07/12
23 January 2007
November 2006 compared to October 2006 Industrial new orders up by 1.4% in euro area U25 up by 1.1%
The euro area (EA12)1 industrial new orders index2 increased by 1.4% in November 2006 compared to October 2006. The index fell by 0.5% in October3 and by 1.3% in September. EU251 new orders gained 1.1% in November 2006, after an increase of 0.3% in October3 and a fall of 1.0% in September. Excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment4 industrial new orders rose by 0.8% in both zones in November 2006.
In November 2006 compared to November 2005, industrial new orders increased by 6.2% in the euro area and by 7.3% in the EU25. Total industry excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment grew by 8.5% in the euro area and by 8.2% in the EU25.
These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
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Monthly changes
In November 2006 compared to October 2006, new orders for transport equipment increased by 3.9% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU25. Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products grew by 1.5% and 1.8% respectively. Basic metals and fabricated metal products decreased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU25. Textiles and textile products dropped by 1.0% in the euro area, but gained 1.2% in the EU25. Manufacturing of machinery and equipment fell by 1.0% and 0.2% respectively. Electrical and electronic equipment decreased by 2.5% in the euro area and by 2.2% in the EU25.
In November 2006, among the EU25 Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in ten Member States and fell in eight. The highest increases were recorded in Latvia (+41.4%), Poland (+9.3%) and France (+2.7%). The largest decreases were registered in Ireland (-11.6%), Denmark (-10.4%) and Greece (-5.3%).
Annual changes
In November 2006 compared to November 2005, new orders for basic metals and fabricated metal products grew by 18.8% in the euro area and by 18.1% in the EU25. Manufacturing of machinery and equipment increased by 12.9% and 14.0% respectively. Chemicals and chemical products gained 6.5% in the euro area and 5.8% in the EU25. Manufacturing of textiles and textile products rose by 3.8% and by 6.5% respectively. Electrical and electronic equipment grew by 2.6% in the euro area and by 3.1% in the EU25. Transport equipment fell by 2.0% in the euro area, but gained 2.6% in the EU25.
In November 2006, among the EU25 Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in seventeen Member States, and fell only in Ireland (-16.3%). The highest increases were registered in Poland (+41.0%), Latvia (+31.5%) and Slovakia (+28.7%).
The euro area (EA12) consisted of 12 Member States up to 31 December 2006: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. From 1 January 2007 the euro area (EA13) also includes Slovenia.Up to 31 December 2006 the European Union (EU25) included: Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK). From 1 January 2007 the European Union (EU27) also includes Bulgaria (BG) and Romania (RO).
As part of Eurostat's guidelines for the dissemination of data when the EU or euro area is enlarged, the aggregate data series commented on in this News Release refer to the official composition of the EU and euro area in the most recent month for which data is available. Thus News Releases with data for months up to December 2006 will comment on EA12/EU25 series, while Releases with data for January 2007 onwards will comment on EA13/EU27 series.
Eurostat's guidelines can be found on the Eurostat website:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/GUIDE_ENLARG_2007/EN/GUIDE_ENLARG_2007-EN.PDF.
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 17, 18, 21, 24, 27-35) 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. For methodology and the currently used weights, see News Release 135/2003 of 26 November 2003. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 170/2006 of 22 December 2006. The figures for October 2006 were -0.6% in the euro area and +0.2% in the EU25 for the monthly changes, and +12.5% in both zones for the annual changes. Transport equipment includes NACE 34 (motor vehicles) and NACE 35 (other transport equipment, which includes ships, railway and aerospace equipment). New orders for NACE 35 tend to be very volatile with a limited immediate impact on production. The new aggregate "Manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 35" is less erratic. The share of NACE 35 in total manufacturing working on orders is 3.9% for the euro area and 4.3% for the EU25. The seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the unadjusted series from 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 unadjusted series coming from 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. When shown as confidential in the table, data for Cyprus, Malta, Finland and the United Kingdom are included in the European aggregates. They are not published at the national level and are therefore still confidential. Data for Ireland are working day adjusted figures. Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN BECH Building L-2920 LUXEMBOURG Tel: +352-4301-33 444 Fax: +352-4301-35 349 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Irina SCHöN Tel:+352-4301-35 186 Fax:+352-4301-31 097 irina.schoen@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ Industrial new orders5
% change compared with previous month
Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 EA12 Total manufacturing working on orders -2.1 2.0 3.8 -1.3 -0.5 1.4 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 -1.7 1.1 2.7 -1.9 1.1 0.8 textiles and textile products -1.9 0.7 0.1 -2.4 4.3 -1.0 chemicals and chemical products -1.2 2.3 2.9 -3.5 0.7 1.5 basic metals and fabricated metal products -1.7 1.4 4.0 -3.5 4.2 -0.7 machinery and equipment -3.4 4.9 3.2 -4.1 4.5 -1.0 electrical and electronic equipment -0.3 0.6 -0.8 -0.2 1.0 -2.5 transport equipment -4.2 4.0 8.4 0.9 -7.8 3.9 EU25 Total manufacturing working on orders -0.9 1.6 2.7 -1.0 0.3 1.1 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 -1.1 1.0 1.5 -0.7 0.8 0.8 textiles and textile products -1.3 0.3 0.1 -1.6 3.1 1.2 chemicals and chemical products -1.0 2.0 2.3 -3.2 0.1 1.8 basic metals and fabricated metal products -1.7 2.0 3.4 -3.7 3.5 -0.1 machinery and equipment -3.8 5.7 1.8 -2.7 4.2 -0.2 electrical and electronic equipment 1.8 -1.0 -1.0 0.7 0.5 -2.2 transport equipment -0.1 3.3 6.2 -0.4 -3.0 1.3 Total manufacturing working on orders Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 EA12 -2.1 2.0 3.8 -1.3 -0.5 1.4 EU25 -0.9 1.6 2.7 -1.0 0.3 1.1 EA13 -2.1 2.0 3.8 -1.3 -0.5 1.4 EU27 -0.8 1.5 2.7 -0.9 0.3 1.1 Belgium -1.5 0.4 -0.4 3.1 1.4 -1.0 Bulgaria 3.9 -4.4 1.9 6.2 4.3 3.1 Czech Republic -6.0 2.0 -1.2 -4.4 9.5 -1.9 Denmark 1.4 0.2 23.7 -17.4 11.7 -10.4 Germany 0.4 2.5 3.9 -3.6 0.5 1.2 Estonia 5.4 -6.6 6.2 -0.8 4.8 -2.4 Ireland -4.6 6.1 2.7 -3.3 3.1 -11.6 Greece -0.2 -5.3 -0.7 7.5 -3.2 -5.3 Spain 0.9 -0.5 3.6 -0.7 1.3 1.3 France -0.9 0.7 -0.4 2.5 0.6 2.7 Italy -0.4 2.4 4.3 -3.0 -0.5 -1.1 Cyprus : : : : : : Latvia 8.6 0.3 14.7 9.5 -11.3 41.4 Lithuania 1.2 -0.6 5.9 -3.7 2.7 2.1 Luxembourg -5.0 -2.5 13.8 -11.2 -6.8 : Hungary 5.5 -6.7 -3.8 -0.6 7.0 1.8 Malta6 20.9 c : : : : Netherlands 3.8 1.8 1.5 -5.5 -3.1 2.1 Austria -1.8 -2.0 -4.9 7.7 -0.1 : Poland 1.6 3.5 -4.3 8.1 -1.6 9.3 Portugal -3.4 8.0 -3.6 3.9 -5.7 2.5 Romania 10.3 -10.6 5.0 8.8 -0.1 0.8 Slovenia : : : : : : Slovakia 0.8 5.3 8.8 -5.0 5.4 -2.2 Finland6 c c c c c c Sweden 7.2 -1.2 -2.2 0.1 2.1 2.5 United Kingdom6 c c c c c c Seasonally adjusted: Data not availablec Confidential
Industrial new orders
% change compared with same month of previous year
Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 EA12 Total manufacturing working on orders 5.5 9.7 14.4 7.5 12.8 6.2 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 7.2 9.7 12.6 5.4 12.9 8.5 textiles and textile products 1.1 0.4 1.3 -2.1 10.5 3.8 chemicals and chemical products 6.6 10.3 11.1 2.6 9.1 6.5 basic metals and fabricated metal products 18.4 19.4 23.2 15.0 25.2 18.8 machinery and equipment 8.4 14.7 17.3 9.3 17.1 12.9 electrical and electronic equipment 6.6 6.4 9.5 2.1 11.5 2.6 transport equipment -6.1 3.5 18.4 12.1 4.6 -2.0 EU25 Total manufacturing working on orders 6.7 9.6 12.4 6.7 12.7 7.3 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 7.2 9.0 10.2 4.9 11.3 8.2 textiles and textile products 0.2 -0.3 0.4 -2.9 8.2 6.5 chemicals and chemical products 6.2 8.8 10.7 2.2 6.7 5.8 basic metals and fabricated metal products 17.6 17.4 20.2 13.5 22.8 18.1 machinery and equipment 8.4 13.1 14.0 9.9 17.0 14.0 electrical and electronic equipment 8.0 5.5 5.2 2.9 9.0 3.1 transport equipment 0.8 8.6 20.3 10.3 12.8 2.6 Total manufacturing working on orders Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 EA12 5.5 9.7 14.4 7.5 12.8 6.2 EU25 6.7 9.6 12.4 6.7 12.7 7.3 EA13 5.5 9.7 14.4 7.5 12.8 6.2 EU27 7.0 9.7 12.5 6.9 12.8 7.5 Belgium 11.3 15.6 11.2 10.0 21.4 10.4 Bulgaria 31.4 24.9 28.4 36.0 41.7 45.6 Czech Republic 12.0 21.1 15.1 10.8 21.4 14.6 Denmark 3.0 7.9 47.6 4.8 27.7 3.0 Germany 3.5 9.9 17.2 6.8 12.9 8.0 Estonia 21.3 6.7 17.3 13.1 27.6 17.2 Ireland7 -2.7 13.0 10.7 -1.6 4.4 -16.3 Greece 16.9 17.7 -10.3 25.9 9.5 6.6 Spain 10.7 7.6 15.2 6.7 18.3 13.1 France -2.4 5.6 4.5 7.5 7.4 0.9 Italy 8.3 8.9 20.7 9.1 16.4 8.5 Cyprus6 c c c c c : Latvia 16.4 -4.3 37.3 55.0 6.0 31.5 Lithuania 21.8 19.5 25.4 13.3 19.8 13.3 Luxembourg 16.5 16.0 20.5 3.1 3.1 : Hungary 17.9 9.5 9.9 -3.3 0.8 4.3 Malta6 2.2 c : : : : Netherlands 18.9 18.5 20.4 3.9 11.6 9.3 Austria 18.9 17.5 5.6 12.2 16.3 : Poland 27.4 28.1 20.5 33.4 23.2 41.0 Portugal 0.9 15.3 8.7 9.1 14.4 6.5 Romania 33.7 16.9 14.0 23.5 24.3 22.9 Slovenia : : : : : : Slovakia 25.1 33.6 52.6 33.1 40.7 28.7 Finland6 c c c c c c Sweden 20.9 13.4 6.2 9.7 7.0 17.1 United Kingdom6 c c c c c c Gross data: Data not availablec Confidential
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders Seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 07/06 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 EA12 117.1 124.0 115.4 118.9 118.2 117.3 120.4 118.0 120.3 124.9 123.2 122.6 124.3 EU25 117.2 124.3 118.8 119.4 118.8 118.2 121.2 120.1 122.0 125.3 124.0 124.4 125.7 EA13 117.1 124.0 115.4 118.9 118.2 117.3 120.4 118.0 120.3 124.9 123.2 122.6 124.3 EU27 118.0 125.3 119.7 120.4 119.6 119.1 122.1 121.2 123.0 126.3 125.2 125.5 126.9 BE 96.8 99.6 99.4 102.1 107.0 104.1 104.9 103.3 103.7 103.3 106.5 108.0 106.9 BG 184.3 195.1 194.0 178.2 204.8 197.8 232.2 241.2 230.6 234.9 249.4 260.2 268.3 CZ 217.4 220.0 231.3 224.0 233.4 243.6 256.1 240.8 245.6 242.8 232.0 254.0 249.1 DK 120.8 122.4 124.4 116.1 117.4 127.9 122.2 123.8 124.0 153.4 126.7 141.5 126.8 DE 120.7 119.7 119.9 121.4 119.7 124.4 124.3 124.8 127.9 132.9 128.1 128.7 130.2 EE 221.3 233.6 234.1 221.5 234.0 232.5 244.4 257.6 240.6 255.6 253.6 265.8 259.5 IE 109.7 109.9 115.5 108.3 110.3 97.4 105.8 100.9 107.1 110.0 106.4 109.7 97.0 EL 123.6 123.4 128.2 125.4 132.1 120.5 142.5 142.2 134.7 133.8 143.8 139.2 131.8 ES 112.8 115.0 112.3 121.0 117.3 116.8 119.4 120.6 120.0 124.4 123.5 125.1 126.8 FR 126.1 124.2 118.6 118.7 118.9 111.8 117.2 116.2 117.0 116.5 119.4 120.1 123.3 IT 105.6 107.7 108.8 112.8 110.6 113.9 114.0 113.6 116.3 121.3 117.7 117.1 115.8 CY : : : : : : : : : : : : : LV 367.2 268.0 262.1 324.8 507.3 337.0 281.5 305.6 306.6 351.7 385.0 341.5 482.9 LT 207.5 202.8 200.3 193.5 214.0 207.3 218.2 220.7 219.3 232.3 223.6 229.7 234.4 LU 106.4 120.2 117.5 115.3 140.1 114.4 130.3 123.8 120.6 137.3 122.0 113.7 : HU 185.3 143.1 165.0 168.3 187.8 163.5 188.0 198.3 185.1 178.1 177.0 189.4 192.9 MT6 74.9 92.7 95.4 80.3 91.2 93.3 87.1 105.3 c : : : : NL 102.9 107.7 106.6 110.8 114.1 116.7 112.2 116.4 118.5 120.2 113.6 110.1 112.5 AT 136.0 136.0 129.7 138.3 137.5 140.4 151.3 148.6 145.6 138.5 149.2 149.0 : PL 143.1 144.5 210.0 133.3 161.4 161.0 170.4 173.1 179.2 171.5 185.3 182.4 199.3 PT 118.2 123.6 113.0 117.8 120.9 122.8 124.7 120.4 130.0 125.3 130.2 122.7 125.8 RO 360.4 371.3 345.5 380.1 356.0 335.7 389.1 429.2 383.7 402.9 438.4 437.9 441.3 SI : : : : : : : : : : : : : SK 189.3 185.9 188.1 205.3 210.7 208.8 217.3 219.0 230.5 250.8 238.4 251.2 245.8 FI6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c SE 109.4 113.8 120.2 116.3 116.0 117.2 117.2 125.6 124.1 121.4 121.5 124.1 127.2 UK6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c : Data not availablec Confidential
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 354 Seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 07/06 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 EA12 113.6 115.5 115.8 116.3 117.2 118.2 120.8 118.8 120.0 123.3 121.0 122.3 123.3 EU25 115.5 116.9 119.0 117.6 119.0 119.6 122.1 120.7 122.0 123.8 122.9 123.9 124.9 EA13 113.6 115.5 115.8 116.3 117.2 118.2 120.8 118.8 120.0 123.3 121.0 122.3 123.3 EU27 115.5 116.9 119.0 117.6 119.0 119.6 122.1 120.7 122.0 123.8 122.9 123.9 124.9 Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders Gross data
(Base year 2000)
11/03 11/04 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 07/06 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 EA12 97.3 109.5 120.5 126.9 113.5 118.5 133.2 110.0 121.6 124.9 116.8 99.9 127.3 125.7 128.0 EU25 99.2 109.6 120.6 127.1 117.9 118.4 132.9 111.6 121.7 126.9 116.4 104.2 127.0 127.1 129.4 EA13 97.3 109.5 120.5 126.9 113.5 118.5 133.2 110.0 121.6 124.9 116.8 99.9 127.3 125.7 128.0 EU27 99.7 110.4 121.4 127.9 119.1 119.4 133.8 112.4 122.7 128.0 117.4 105.2 128.1 128.3 130.5 BE 84.3 91.7 97.5 94.4 97.1 102.4 121.8 102.5 105.5 110.5 89.7 93.2 111.6 114.9 107.6 BG 141.0 143.4 178.1 190.6 199.4 166.6 221.1 201.1 225.7 243.2 232.2 234.2 253.8 259.0 259.3 CZ 167.1 206.0 223.0 208.4 248.5 224.2 257.0 237.1 261.3 251.8 210.9 219.8 238.9 260.7 255.5 DK 112.7 107.6 126.1 119.5 125.6 106.6 132.8 114.6 124.7 138.8 98.6 164.6 125.9 150.6 129.9 DE 100.3 108.7 124.4 122.5 121.1 119.9 135.8 115.8 126.1 126.0 122.9 124.0 129.8 128.6 134.4 EE 170.5 217.2 232.7 229.6 205.7 188.5 244.3 226.2 256.5 268.7 218.6 263.9 279.8 286.1 272.8 IE7 108.1 105.9 120.2 115.4 101.2 102.5 113.6 96.5 104.7 111.7 100.1 101.6 109.1 110.2 100.7 EL 114.1 129.8 125.5 117.0 110.9 126.1 143.0 126.1 150.3 151.8 147.3 96.1 152.2 145.0 133.8 ES 97.4 110.0 117.1 112.7 115.6 128.9 131.5 108.8 126.8 124.5 116.8 85.6 128.2 125.7 132.4 FR 95.0 121.7 130.4 155.0 111.1 113.0 132.3 101.4 113.2 125.3 107.5 80.6 129.3 127.0 131.6 IT 92.3 101.0 105.1 117.7 101.8 122.2 124.8 106.8 119.8 119.9 121.0 71.9 120.8 119.8 114.0 CY6 : c c c c c c c c c c c c c : LV 161.9 204.1 372.8 291.0 230.9 294.2 504.8 333.5 317.5 314.0 306.9 344.1 393.1 334.4 490.3 LT 150.5 168.4 212.9 196.7 199.2 182.1 233.5 207.8 222.3 214.3 200.0 220.3 235.2 244.9 241.2 LU 93.9 116.2 106.7 109.1 124.0 120.6 153.8 115.6 130.6 125.3 117.8 118.2 121.7 117.3 : HU 141.2 149.2 200.8 143.4 193.2 164.7 199.7 154.9 166.9 197.9 164.9 158.7 185.7 194.7 209.4 MT6 c 97.4 80.2 92.7 89.2 74.8 82.0 79.9 79.6 102.2 c : : : : NL 89.6 95.7 106.4 107.5 105.8 107.0 125.7 109.7 115.4 124.1 109.7 111.6 115.2 111.8 116.3 AT 103.5 118.6 137.3 137.3 135.9 132.3 151.3 133.8 151.0 153.5 137.4 120.9 158.6 150.0 : PL 119.0 129.4 143.0 137.9 272.0 137.8 162.0 156.5 161.0 167.8 169.9 155.7 184.8 188.2 201.6 PT 122.3 111.1 120.5 122.6 115.6 114.7 139.6 117.6 132.8 123.6 125.5 91.2 136.3 130.0 128.3 RO 122.3 111.1 120.5 122.6 115.6 114.7 139.6 117.6 132.8 123.6 125.5 91.2 136.3 130.0 128.3 SI : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : SK 207.5 181.6 205.7 172.2 185.6 196.3 219.3 200.2 224.6 220.7 215.0 228.2 260.2 271.2 264.7 FI6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c SE 90.9 106.4 111.8 112.2 116.2 120.0 138.7 111.6 122.4 137.6 88.8 113.2 125.1 125.0 130.9 UK6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c : Data not availablec Confidential
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 354 Gross data
(Base year 2000)
11/03 11/04 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 07/06 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 EA12 98.7 107.7 115.9 112.9 114.9 117.1 132.4 112.6 123.2 126.1 117.7 99.2 124.5 125.7 125.7 EU25 100.6 109.1 117.7 113.9 120.2 117.8 133.3 114.3 124.2 127.7 117.2 103.6 125.2 127.0 127.4 EA13 98.7 107.7 115.9 112.9 114.9 117.1 132.4 112.6 123.2 126.1 117.7 99.2 124.5 125.7 125.7 EU27 100.6 109.1 117.7 113.9 120.2 117.8 133.3 114.3 124.2 127.7 117.2 103.6 125.2 127.0 127.4 
