STAT/07/183 21 December 2007
October 2007 compared to September 2007 Industrial new orders up by 2.5% in euro area Up by 5.4% in EU27
The euro area1 (EA13) industrial new orders index2 grew by 2.5% in October 2007 compared with September 2007. The index fell by 1.0% in September3. EU271 new orders increased by 5.4% in October 2007 after a decrease of 1.7% in September3. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment4 industrial new orders gained 1.9% in the euro area and 0.8% in the EU27 in October 2007.
In October 2007 compared with October 2006, industrial new orders increased by 10.9% in the euro area and by 16.6% in the EU27. Total industry excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment grew by 9.0% in the euro area and by 11.1% in the EU27.
These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
With this final News Release of 2007, the Eurostat Press Office would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
[ Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED ]
Monthly changes
In October 2007 compared with September 2007, new orders for transport equipment increased by 8.6% in the euro area and by 15.0% in the EU27. Manufacturing of basic metals & fabricated metal products rose by 3.7% and 2.9% respectively. Textiles & textile products gained 2.7% in the euro area and 1.9% in the EU27. Electrical & electronical equipment grew by 0.7% in the euro area, but fell by 0.4% in the EU27. Manufacturing of chemicals & chemical products increased by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. Machinery and equipment decreased by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU27.
In October 2007, among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in sixteen and fell in four. The highest increases were recorded in Bulgaria (+15.4%), Latvia (+14.1%) and the Czech Republic (+12.3%), and the largest decreases in Sweden (-3.9%) and Belgium (-1.8%).
Annual changes
In October 2007 compared with October 2006, new orders for transport equipment increased by 22.3% in the euro area and by 41.0% in the EU27. Manufacturing of machinery & equipment grew by 13.1% and 14.2% respectively. Chemicals & chemical products gained 8.1% in the euro area and 10.6% in the EU27. Manufacturing of basic metals & fabricated metal products rose by 7.5% and 7.8% respectively. Textiles & textile products increased by 3.3% in the euro area and by 5.8% in the EU27. Manufacturing of electrical & electronic equipment grew by 3.1% and 3.5% respectively.
In October 2007, among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in nineteen and fell only in Greece (-1.7%). The highest increases were registered in Poland (+61.1%), Lithuania (+31.9%), Romania (+25.6%) and the Czech Republic (+20.5%).
From 1 January 2007 the euro area (EA13) consists of Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Finland.The EU27 includes Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).
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 see News Release 135/2003 of 26 November 2003.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.
Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 159/2007 of 22 November 2007. The figures for September 2007 were -1.6% in the euro area and -2.1% in the EU27 for the monthly changes, and +2.0% in the euro area and +4.2% in the EU27 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 EU. 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 Tel: +352-4301-33 444 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Irina SCHöN Tel: +352-4301-35 186 irina.schoen@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat Selected Principal European Economic Indicators: http://ec.europa.eu/euroindicators
Industrial new orders
% change compared with previous month
May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 Total manufacturing working on orders 1.2 4.1 -2.9 0.7 -1.0 2.5 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 1.2 1.4 0.1 0.7 -1.8 1.9 textiles and textile products -0.1 3.0 -1.4 -1.5 -1.6 2.7 chemicals and chemical products -0.9 1.8 -0.3 2.8 -3.4 0.5 basic metals and fabricated metal products -0.1 0.4 1.3 -0.1 -3.7 3.7 machinery and equipment 4.7 0.9 3.4 0.3 -1.4 -0.8 electrical and electronic equipment 1.6 -1.2 0.6 -1.2 -0.5 0.7 transport equipment 3.7 16.0 -13.1 -2.9 0.9 8.6 EU27 Total manufacturing working on orders 2.8 5.0 -3.3 1.1 -1.7 5.4 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 1.4 1.6 0.9 0.9 -1.2 0.8 textiles and textile products -0.7 3.0 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 1.9 chemicals and chemical products -1.0 4.2 -0.8 2.0 -2.1 0.1 basic metals and fabricated metal products 0.2 0.3 1.2 0.2 -2.3 2.9 machinery and equipment 4.1 1.3 6.1 -0.8 -1.3 -0.9 electrical and electronic equipment 2.6 -2.1 1.6 -0.8 -0.2 -0.4 transport equipment 4.4 13.2 -10.0 0.7 -1.4 15.0 Total manufacturing working on orders May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 1.2 4.1 -2.9 0.7 -1.0 2.5 EU27 2.8 5.0 -3.3 1.1 -1.7 5.4 Belgium 3.6 0.0 1.2 -4.0 -0.2 -1.8 Bulgaria 14.9 -13.0 4.2 0.4 -2.6 15.4 Czech Republic 1.9 2.4 1.3 1.8 -3.6 12.3 Denmark -2.1 3.5 14.4 -6.5 -7.9 9.6 Germany 2.9 5.8 -6.9 1.7 -2.0 4.2 Estonia 1.0 2.8 -2.8 3.2 -3.6 7.9 Ireland -9.4 4.5 -1.6 5.7 -6.2 10.5 Greece 2.0 -2.7 4.3 -0.8 1.6 -0.5 Spain 1.0 0.6 0.8 -1.8 1.2 1.3 France 2.4 2.4 0.4 -1.0 -2.6 2.1 Italy 2.1 2.5 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.7 Cyprus5 c c c c c : Latvia 15.4 10.2 -20.1 9.1 -6.4 14.1 Lithuania 6.9 0.6 4.9 1.1 -6.4 9.4 Luxembourg -8.4 17.4 -10.6 -4.7 1.1 : Hungary 14.0 -6.8 25.5 -4.3 -13.1 8.5 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands -1.4 4.0 0.5 3.1 -3.7 -1.2 Austria 1.7 -1.1 0.8 2.0 -0.9 : Poland 2.1 1.3 7.1 4.7 -4.0 3.6 Portugal 5.6 -6.0 4.6 4.4 -7.1 1.3 Romania 9.8 -2.1 1.4 2.5 -0.8 10.5 Slovenia : : : : : : Slovakia 4.0 -1.1 4.9 -7.8 6.8 3.5 Finland5 c c c c c c Sweden 4.8 -4.0 5.9 -4.6 3.8 -3.9 United Kingdom5 c c c c c c Seasonally adjusted : Data not available c Confidential
Industrial new orders
% change compared with same month of previous year
May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 Total manufacturing working on orders 7.3 13.5 12.0 5.4 2.4 10.9 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 5.8 7.2 11.9 6.7 3.1 9.0 textiles and textile products 0.1 5.0 6.2 0.5 -2.5 3.3 chemicals and chemical products 5.3 6.9 9.2 7.6 3.4 8.1 basic metals and fabricated metal products 6.0 7.4 11.5 4.5 1.7 7.5 machinery and equipment 13.4 15.8 20.0 13.8 14.3 13.1 electrical and electronic equipment 4.2 1.4 7.0 1.8 -1.4 3.1 transport equipment 9.4 37.1 15.0 0.9 -2.2 22.3 EU27 Total manufacturing working on orders 9.0 14.2 13.6 8.5 4.7 16.6 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 7.1 8.3 14.0 10.1 6.0 11.1 textiles and textile products -0.8 4.0 6.2 2.2 -0.3 5.8 chemicals and chemical products 4.6 9.8 11.5 9.1 6.1 10.6 basic metals and fabricated metal products 7.2 6.9 11.7 5.3 2.7 7.8 machinery and equipment 12.3 15.4 22.7 16.1 14.6 14.2 electrical and electronic equipment 6.4 -0.4 8.2 3.9 0.3 3.5 transport equipment 16.2 37.8 19.9 12.3 5.1 41.0 Total manufacturing working on orders May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 EA13 7.3 13.5 12.0 5.4 2.4 10.9 EU27 9.0 14.2 13.6 8.5 4.7 16.6 Belgium 9.1 8.0 14.9 6.1 0.3 1.4 Bulgaria 26.4 2.1 11.2 8.6 1.2 15.7 Czech Republic 2.8 10.0 13.2 14.1 11.3 20.5 Denmark -0.2 4.0 30.0 -21.7 1.2 2.2 Germany 9.1 19.6 11.5 5.3 2.9 14.8 Estonia 12.3 10.4 13.5 12.9 7.4 14.7 Ireland6 -8.9 3.2 1.4 3.0 -0.6 10.2 Greece -5.4 -8.6 -1.0 2.7 -3.7 -1.7 Spain 8.9 5.0 14.3 1.8 1.3 9.7 France 5.7 17.1 17.2 11.5 3.0 8.9 Italy 4.6 12.2 12.0 -1.8 3.3 9.3 Cyprus5 c c c c c : Latvia 18.6 29.7 3.9 0.2 -15.9 9.1 Lithuania 27.4 27.6 35.9 28.2 22.8 31.9 Luxembourg -7.6 15.4 4.9 -12.6 0.0 : Hungary 13.7 -1.5 38.4 33.2 14.1 15.4 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 1.7 -0.5 4.0 2.9 1.9 8.1 Austria 0.1 -1.8 6.1 11.8 0.4 : Poland 60.3 56.4 63.4 81.6 53.1 61.1 Portugal 7.9 -1.4 8.5 11.6 -6.6 8.1 Romania 23.7 9.4 21.9 19.7 9.5 25.6 Slovenia : : : : : : Slovakia 27.3 25.5 27.9 2.4 16.7 19.9 Finland5 c c c c c c Sweden 12.6 -1.5 12.1 7.2 5.2 8.1 United Kingdom5 c c c c c c Gross data : Data not available c Confidential
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders Seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 EA13 122.0 122.1 124.0 123.8 124.4 126.9 126.0 127.5 132.7 128.9 129.8 128.4 131.7 EU27 124.2 125.0 128.7 126.7 127.9 130.3 128.8 132.5 139.0 134.5 136.0 133.7 141.0 BE 108.7 108.3 111.2 112.6 112.8 113.0 109.2 113.2 113.2 114.5 109.9 109.8 107.8 BG 241.0 252.7 267.8 255.7 244.6 250.1 236.9 272.1 236.8 246.8 247.8 241.3 278.5 CZ 255.5 258.6 253.1 257.5 258.9 256.0 259.0 263.9 270.2 273.8 278.8 268.6 301.7 DK 135.0 124.2 135.9 126.4 137.4 119.5 125.6 122.9 127.2 145.5 136.0 125.3 137.3 DE 129.1 130.3 130.2 131.1 136.1 137.1 136.0 140.0 148.1 137.9 140.3 137.5 143.3 EE 278.8 280.2 275.1 285.6 297.7 290.7 293.3 296.2 304.5 296.1 305.5 294.6 317.8 IE 107.4 96.4 113.8 132.8 120.0 121.4 115.9 105.0 109.7 107.9 114.0 106.9 118.1 EL 138.5 135.4 130.3 145.9 137.1 141.7 130.9 133.6 129.9 135.5 134.4 136.5 135.8 ES 124.3 126.3 126.3 124.7 121.8 128.4 127.8 129.0 129.8 130.8 128.4 129.9 131.7 FR 113.8 111.7 111.9 115.6 114.4 115.6 116.3 119.1 121.9 122.4 121.2 118.1 120.6 IT 117.4 116.0 115.6 115.3 115.0 120.1 119.4 121.9 124.9 124.8 123.7 123.6 124.5 CY5 c c c c c c c c c c c c : LV 342.0 504.2 379.0 304.4 312.3 356.3 319.3 368.6 406.2 324.6 354.1 331.6 378.5 LT 230.8 239.8 251.3 255.1 251.5 264.0 260.9 278.9 280.4 294.2 297.4 278.3 304.5 LU 115.3 113.4 149.2 138.2 121.1 159.0 132.2 121.1 142.3 127.1 121.2 122.5 : HU 190.8 192.6 179.8 213.6 218.5 198.3 183.1 208.7 194.6 244.2 233.7 203.0 220.2 MT5 c c c : : : : : : : : : : NL 111.7 113.4 117.3 112.8 117.0 119.3 116.1 114.5 119.1 119.7 123.4 118.8 117.4 AT 150.0 149.9 152.3 140.1 148.7 156.9 148.9 151.5 149.9 151.1 154.1 152.7 : PL 184.3 203.2 182.2 203.2 232.4 254.9 259.3 264.6 267.9 286.9 300.3 288.3 298.8 PT 124.8 128.2 137.9 128.3 131.5 137.1 127.6 134.7 126.7 132.4 138.2 128.5 130.1 RO 422.9 433.9 438.0 434.4 457.9 466.9 429.9 472.2 462.5 469.1 481.0 477.2 527.1 SI : : : : : : : : : : : : : SK 250.3 246.7 253.4 252.2 264.8 267.5 267.3 277.9 275.0 288.5 266.1 284.3 294.2 FI5 c c c c c c c c c c c c c SE 126.1 127.7 129.4 130.3 126.8 127.1 127.1 133.2 127.8 135.4 129.1 134.1 128.8 UK5 c c c c c c c c c c c c c : Data not available c Confidential
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 354 Seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 EA13 123.0 123.5 124.4 124.6 125.3 128.5 126.5 128.1 129.8 129.9 130.8 128.4 130.9 EU27 125.6 126.4 127.1 127.5 129.6 132.7 130.3 132.2 134.3 135.5 136.7 135.0 136.0 Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders Gross data
(Base year 2000)
10/04 10/05 10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 EA13 106.3 108.8 123.9 124.2 122.3 124.4 123.9 141.5 121.1 130.0 140.5 128.9 104.8 127.4 137.4 EU27 107.9 111.7 127.1 127.9 125.5 129.3 126.9 143.3 124.2 133.4 145.0 131.7 113.1 132.2 148.2 BE 98.0 94.7 114.8 109.0 103.9 114.3 114.6 127.4 110.2 115.1 119.4 103.1 98.9 111.9 116.4 BG 148.4 182.8 242.3 245.0 267.1 264.7 228.4 271.6 239.5 266.1 235.1 246.2 245.3 241.7 280.3 CZ 195.1 214.8 265.1 266.9 235.0 282.2 258.9 275.9 255.3 269.0 277.2 239.1 253.4 269.5 319.4 DK 103.3 115.7 145.3 127.5 131.0 130.5 124.7 130.6 118.2 122.0 140.8 126.6 132.0 124.5 148.5 DE 107.2 113.9 128.7 134.2 127.0 133.6 134.6 151.3 130.5 138.4 150.6 137.1 130.6 133.9 147.7 EE 210.9 239.0 301.9 294.7 262.4 253.6 261.5 305.1 288.0 313.3 317.5 270.4 314.0 312.2 346.4 IE6 102.5 102.9 107.2 100.4 122.8 119.5 113.7 126.9 115.8 104.9 121.1 101.2 105.4 109.2 118.1 EL 119.9 130.3 146.0 137.9 117.3 130.7 134.9 159.5 127.2 143.3 139.2 145.1 99.4 147.2 143.5 ES 106.3 106.2 125.9 132.9 120.7 130.9 124.3 141.0 123.3 138.1 131.1 133.8 87.1 129.7 138.1 FR 111.1 107.6 119.7 114.1 115.2 118.0 112.2 128.5 110.6 115.8 141.1 117.3 87.0 119.4 130.4 IT 100.6 102.1 118.9 114.0 123.4 110.3 117.7 139.9 111.8 124.7 134.0 135.6 71.7 125.4 130.0 CY5 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c : LV 223.0 315.4 338.0 493.1 391.2 300.8 312.5 352.1 316.8 386.0 409.0 320.8 344.9 333.9 368.6 LT 185.9 204.5 245.1 242.3 240.8 257.7 244.5 289.8 256.6 284.4 275.5 271.3 282.4 287.1 323.3 LU 113.9 113.8 118.3 112.2 137.6 146.8 125.9 178.7 133.2 120.8 144.8 123.5 103.2 121.5 : HU 155.8 193.1 191.2 207.6 192.7 246.2 212.3 207.2 166.0 190.1 193.9 224.0 213.2 210.7 220.6 MT5 c c c c c : : : : : : : : : : NL 96.0 100.2 113.0 116.9 114.1 114.7 113.2 128.0 112.2 117.4 123.5 114.0 114.9 117.0 122.2 AT 117.7 129.0 151.7 151.5 151.2 147.0 141.8 170.4 144.5 151.1 150.8 145.2 134.1 158.3 : PL 144.6 152.8 188.2 201.6 159.7 242.3 241.1 267.6 261.9 258.1 262.4 277.7 282.7 283.0 303.1 PT 110.2 113.6 130.6 129.8 134.6 135.1 127.9 155.9 125.7 145.3 123.5 131.8 102.3 128.4 141.2 RO 321.2 339.5 419.0 408.5 422.6 567.1 471.2 502.7 411.5 461.1 444.2 429.3 418.7 449.3 526.4 SI : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : SK 188.5 192.7 271.2 264.7 235.0 249.4 255.6 275.7 257.7 286.0 277.1 275.0 233.8 303.6 325.1 FI5 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c SE 103.1 116.8 125.6 130.6 123.4 134.9 129.3 143.2 123.6 137.5 135.4 99.3 121.3 131.4 135.9 UK5 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c : Data not available c Confidential
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 354 Gross data
(Base year 2000)
10/04 10/05 10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 EA13 107.4 110.8 125.8 125.2 118.1 126.3 125.9 144.0 122.7 130.9 134.8 131.0 105.9 128.2 137.1 EU27 109.4 114.4 128.4 128.5 119.8 130.8 129.8 146.6 126.1 134.3 138.9 134.0 114.5 133.8 142.6 
