STAT/06/67
23 May 2006
March 2006 compared to February 2006 Industrial new orders down by 2.4% in euro area EU25 down by 1.7%
The euro area1 industrial new orders index2 fell by 2.4% in March 2006 compared to February 2006. The index increased by 3.4% in February3 and decreased by 6.0% in January. EU25 new orders dropped by 1.7% in March 2006, after a rise of 0.8% in February3 and a fall of 3.7% in January. Excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment4 industrial new orders declined by 1.0% in March 2006 in the euro area and grew by 0.2% in the EU25.
In March 2006 compared to March 2005, industrial new orders increased by 12.1% in the euro area and by 11.1% in the EU25. Total industry excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment grew by 12.0% in the euro area and by 11.0% in the EU25.
These estimates are released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
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Monthly changes
In March 2006 compared to February 2006, basic metals and fabricated metal products decreased by 3.1% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU25. Manufacturing of textiles and textile products fell by 1.2% and 0.4% respectively. Chemicals and chemical products dropped by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU25. In the EU25, electrical and electronical equipment declined by 4.9% and transport equipment by 0.1%, while machinery and equipment remained stable.
In March 2006, and among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in ten Member States and fell in six. The highest increases were recorded in Latvia (+56.1%), Poland (+20.5%), Hungary (+10.7%) and Malta (+10.6%). The largest decreases were registered in Italy (-6.1%), Belgium (-2.6%), Ireland (-2.1%) and France (-2.0%).
Annual changes
In March 2006 compared to March 2005, basic metals and fabricated metal products grew by 17.2% in the euro area and by 16.9% in the EU25. Chemicals and chemical products increased by 9.7% and 8.5% respectively. Textiles and textile products gained 2.3% in the euro area and 1.1% in the EU25. In the EU25, manufacturing of machinery and equipment rose by 13.5%, transport equipment by 11.7% and electrical and electronical equipment by 8.2%.
In March 2006, and among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in fourteen Member States and fell in two. The highest increases were registered in Latvia (+134.8%), Hungary (+38.0%), Slovakia (+26.7%), the Czech Republic (+26.5%) and Lithuania (+23.2%). The only decreases were recorded in Portugal (-6.8%) and Malta (-0.3%).
Euro area: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. 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 EU25 aggregates normally do not include Member States for which no data is available. For methodology and for 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 50/2006 of 26 April 2006. The figures for February 2006 were +2.7% in the euro area and +0.5% in the EU25 for the monthly changes, and +13.3% in the euro area and +10.4% in the EU25 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 EU25 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 EU25 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 Greece, Spain, Cyprus, 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:+352-4301-30 329 irina.schoen@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ Industrial new orders5
% change compared with previous month
Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Euro area Total manufacturing working on orders -0.5 5.0 5.3 -6.0 3.4 -2.4 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 -0.4 2.7 1.5 0.3 0.4 -1.0 textiles and textile products 0.6 1.8 6.5 -2.7 -2.5 -1.2 chemicals and chemical products -1.0 2.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 -0.9 basic metals and fabricated metal products -1.0 2.8 6.3 -0.1 1.6 -3.1 machinery and equipment 2.1 0.5 -1.0 3.3 0.0 : electrical and electronic equipment -2.9 3.8 -0.7 -0.7 7.2 : transport equipment -0.2 10.8 10.5 -14.7 6.3 : EU25 Total manufacturing working on orders -0.1 3.3 5.5 -3.7 0.8 -1.7 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 0.4 1.5 0.7 1.9 -1.2 0.2 textiles and textile products 0.5 1.4 4.8 -2.3 -2.1 -0.4 chemicals and chemical products 0.3 1.0 1.5 0.6 -0.8 -0.8 basic metals and fabricated metal products -0.6 1.9 6.9 0.1 -0.5 -1.8 machinery and equipment 2.6 0.2 -0.5 4.6 -0.7 0.0 electrical and electronic equipment -0.7 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 4.2 -4.9 transport equipment -2.0 9.0 11.4 -8.7 -2.5 -0.1 Seasonally adjusted
Total manufacturing working on orders Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Euro area -0.5 5.0 5.3 -6.0 3.4 -2.4 EU25 -0.1 3.3 5.5 -3.7 0.8 -1.7 Belgium -3.1 5.4 2.8 -0.3 2.6 -2.6 Czech Republic 4.8 1.5 -0.5 6.5 -3.2 3.5 Denmark 7.0 -1.7 2.3 1.2 -6.9 -0.1 Germany 2.2 1.9 -1.3 1.3 : : Estonia -3.9 4.1 4.3 2.0 -7.6 5.8 Greece6 c c c : : : Spain6 c c c c c c France -1.5 25.6 6.0 -14.3 1.1 -2.0 Ireland -3.5 13.4 -8.7 2.9 -5.0 -2.1 Italy 0.4 1.3 2.3 0.0 6.3 -6.1 Cyprus : : : : : : Latvia 31.9 18.7 -28.6 -0.1 24.0 56.1 Lithuania -1.5 7.8 -3.3 0.0 -2.5 8.9 Luxembourg -7.2 -3.0 12.0 -1.4 -1.5 : Hungary 1.8 1.0 -22.0 18.0 -0.4 10.7 Malta -7.1 2.4 20.9 -0.5 -16.8 10.6 Netherlands -4.8 1.6 4.7 -0.4 3.3 2.8 Austria 1.0 3.8 -0.1 -4.6 6.4 : Poland 3.3 0.9 -1.7 41.9 -35.3 20.5 Portugal -4.8 6.5 4.0 -8.8 4.6 1.2 Slovenia : : : : : : Slovakia 1.1 3.4 -1.4 0.7 8.5 2.2 Finland6 c c c c c c Sweden 8.5 -6.4 3.9 5.7 -4.0 -0.3 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
Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Euro area Total manufacturing working on orders 4.4 9.7 7.3 9.6 14.0 12.1 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 3.3 8.3 4.2 10.8 10.7 12.0 textiles and textile products -3.3 -1.2 6.7 7.3 1.2 2.3 chemicals and chemical products 2.2 6.3 4.1 7.9 6.9 9.7 basic metals and fabricated metal products 3.2 6.2 7.4 12.0 14.8 17.2 machinery and equipment 9.9 11.6 4.0 12.7 10.2 : electrical and electronic equipment 5.7 11.8 4.3 9.1 19.4 : transport equipment 6.2 16.4 11.7 10.2 20.8 : EU25 Total manufacturing working on orders 5.2 9.8 3.6 11.0 10.6 11.1 Total manufacturing excl. NACE 354 4.4 8.4 3.6 13.0 7.6 11.0 textiles and textile products -4.0 -1.2 4.8 5.8 0.6 1.1 chemicals and chemical products 2.8 5.0 3.4 7.6 5.3 8.5 basic metals and fabricated metal products 4.1 7.3 7.4 11.6 13.2 16.9 machinery and equipment 10.3 12.0 4.1 14.4 11.5 13.5 electrical and electronic equipment 8.3 11.5 4.6 8.6 15.5 8.2 transport equipment 6.6 18.4 -2.3 18.9 8.3 11.7 Gross data
Total manufacturing working on orders Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Euro area 4.4 9.7 7.3 9.6 14.0 12.1 EU25 5.2 9.8 3.6 11.0 10.6 11.1 Belgium -3.4 6.3 5.4 7.4 12.4 7.9 Czech Republic 10.0 8.0 10.1 22.4 19.0 26.5 Denmark 12.6 17.1 12.1 22.0 7.4 7.6 Germany 6.3 14.4 5.4 14.2 e e Estonia 3.6 7.0 12.1 21.2 -0.7 8.6 Greece6 c c c : : : Spain6 c c c c c c France 5.6 7.4 16.4 7.9 11.3 10.4 Ireland7 0.6 13.6 7.6 8.0 2.5 2.0 Italy 1.2 4.0 -1.0 7.8 14.5 9.1 Cyprus6 c c c c c : Latvia 41.4 82.7 10.4 -8.7 46.7 134.8 Lithuania 10.0 26.4 7.1 11.2 8.6 23.2 Luxembourg -0.1 -8.1 9.6 7.6 15.0 : Hungary 24.3 35.7 -9.0 24.2 17.0 38.0 Malta -34.4 -17.6 -5.1 25.1 -7.6 -0.3 Netherlands 4.4 11.2 9.3 11.4 9.4 19.5 Austria 9.1 15.5 9.1 7.9 8.7 : Poland 5.7 10.5 -3.9 97.8 -30.6 18.1 Portugal 3.1 8.5 6.9 3.6 4.8 -6.8 Slovenia : : : : : : Slovakia 2.2 13.2 8.9 -0.7 15.7 26.7 Finland6 c c c c c c Sweden 13.3 5.2 -0.1 18.9 9.7 14.2 United Kingdom6 c c c c c c Gross data: Data not availablec Confidentiale Estimated by Member State
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders Seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 Euro area 105.8 107.8 107.9 111.2 109.8 110.4 111.8 111.2 116.8 123.0 115.7 119.6 116.7 EU25 107.4 109.3 109.6 112.1 111.6 112.4 113.2 113.2 116.9 123.4 118.9 119.8 117.8 BE 91.6 93.9 89.8 92.5 89.2 92.1 94.5 91.5 96.5 99.1 98.8 101.4 98.8 CZ 181.6 208.1 198.1 215.1 203.1 210.4 203.5 213.2 216.5 215.5 229.4 222.0 229.7 DK 113.5 117.7 120.2 121.3 110.4 115.1 113.2 121.2 119.1 121.8 123.3 114.7 114.7 DE 109.6 107.4 109.5 112.7 116.9 113.1 116.2 118.8 121.1 119.5 121.1 : : EE 218.9 222.1 228.1 227.2 222.7 227.4 227.3 218.4 227.3 237.1 241.9 223.5 236.4 EL6 c c c c c c c c c c : : : ES6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c FR 108.6 104.9 116.3 113.1 107.9 110.1 111.1 109.4 137.4 145.6 124.8 126.2 123.7 IE 100.1 100.3 100.5 106.6 96.8 103.8 106.9 103.1 117.0 106.8 109.9 104.4 102.2 IT 97.9 101.6 102.9 102.1 106.5 106.9 103.0 103.4 104.8 107.2 107.2 114.0 107.0 CY : : : : : : : : : : : : : LV 223.3 238.2 252.7 253.3 307.9 251.9 243.4 320.9 380.9 272.0 271.6 336.8 525.8 LT 174.1 185.2 183.2 183.9 184.0 190.2 195.0 192.0 206.9 200.1 200.1 195.1 212.5 LU 99.5 102.8 98.5 106.3 103.8 114.7 118.0 109.5 106.2 118.9 117.2 115.4 : HU 136.9 217.7 175.9 174.9 171.7 161.6 179.6 182.9 184.8 144.2 170.2 169.6 187.8 MT 84.4 81.4 76.2 98.7 75.8 77.4 78.7 73.1 74.9 90.5 90.1 74.9 82.8 NL 95.2 101.2 97.6 98.0 100.3 100.2 106.2 101.1 102.7 107.5 107.1 110.7 113.8 AT 119.5 125.8 126.4 126.1 123.8 128.2 128.6 129.8 134.8 134.6 128.4 136.6 : PL 135.7 137.0 130.5 137.2 142.9 137.4 140.6 145.2 146.6 144.2 204.6 132.3 159.4 PT 127.8 117.1 113.3 118.7 115.0 115.7 116.7 111.1 118.3 123.0 112.1 117.3 118.7 SI : : : : : : : : : : : : : SK 167.4 184.0 179.7 171.8 174.3 169.0 180.5 182.5 188.6 186.0 187.3 203.2 207.6 FI6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c SE 102.8 106.5 110.3 104.7 110.9 111.5 107.9 117.1 109.6 114.0 120.5 115.6 115.2 UK6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c : Data not availablec Confidential
EU25: 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).
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 354 Seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 Euro area 105.0 108.3 106.8 110.5 109.3 110.1 111.5 111.0 114.1 115.7 116.1 116.5 115.4 EU25 108.3 109.8 109.7 112.2 112.0 113.3 113.4 113.8 115.6 116.4 118.7 117.2 117.4 Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders Gross data
(Base year 2000)
03/03 03/04 03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 Euro area 103.5 116.9 116.3 106.1 105.8 118.7 107.0 87.6 118.4 111.4 120.0 126.2 113.8 119.6 130.4 EU25 103.7 117.0 117.6 108.5 106.8 119.1 106.7 92.9 119.0 112.8 120.2 126.4 118.1 119.2 130.7 BE 91.0 99.9 102.2 94.4 87.6 99.3 77.7 83.8 101.4 94.7 97.5 94.4 97.1 102.3 110.3 CZ 160.2 200.9 200.5 204.6 196.1 224.8 174.1 190.8 215.8 214.6 222.4 204.2 247.0 222.8 253.8 DK 111.4 119.6 121.7 117.2 123.2 134.8 91.4 111.6 120.1 117.9 126.1 119.5 124.8 106.2 130.9 DE 102.7 118.9 117.1 110.5 105.4 121.7 111.8 105.8 121.5 113.9 124.4 122.5 122.1 e e EE 151.9 184.6 232.1 220.4 234.7 225.8 209.0 229.8 252.3 227.7 238.4 232.8 215.7 195.4 252.1 EL6 113.3 137.8 c c c c c c c c c c : : : ES6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c FR 105.5 116.9 120.6 104.8 109.2 128.4 101.8 77.1 120.3 118.1 130.7 155.2 111.4 113.2 133.2 IE7 107.9 115.8 107.7 100.7 97.7 114.8 88.6 91.7 110.9 105.5 120.2 115.4 101.2 102.5 109.9 IT 102.7 118.7 114.4 96.6 102.8 110.7 111.1 59.6 110.8 102.9 105.1 117.7 101.8 122.1 124.8 CY6 : c c c c c c c c c c c c c : LV 125.3 207.7 215.0 240.9 291.6 269.7 320.6 250.6 253.6 315.4 372.8 291.0 230.9 294.2 504.8 LT 139.2 175.2 189.5 189.9 185.0 175.9 167.4 175.7 207.5 204.5 212.9 196.7 199.2 182.1 233.5 LU 111.0 115.9 108.1 104.2 98.3 107.6 101.6 98.1 118.0 113.8 106.7 108.1 123.8 120.9 : HU 122.5 140.3 143.5 213.4 152.4 169.1 152.7 146.3 193.3 193.7 202.5 142.1 192.7 164.9 198.1 MT c 81.6 82.3 75.1 82.4 100.0 65.7 74.6 76.2 77.9 80.2 92.7 89.2 74.8 82.0 NL 100.7 106.7 104.9 97.6 97.8 104.3 92.5 92.7 110.9 100.2 106.4 107.5 106.5 107.0 125.3 AT 106.2 128.2 132.2 122.7 121.1 128.9 117.0 113.6 139.3 128.3 136.5 136.2 135.2 130.4 : PL 92.9 135.1 137.2 135.3 121.6 131.7 132.6 129.2 138.5 152.8 143.0 137.9 272.0 137.8 162.0 PT 122.2 131.8 149.5 116.0 115.4 122.5 108.8 83.9 124.9 113.6 120.5 122.6 115.8 115.7 139.3 SI : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : SK 170.7 181.7 173.1 181.4 182.3 176.5 161.0 149.5 195.5 192.7 205.7 172.2 185.4 196.3 219.3 FI6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c SE 103.9 126.9 120.6 107.6 109.0 113.8 78.3 106.6 114.0 116.8 111.9 112.4 116.9 119.3 137.8 UK6 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c : Data not availablec Confidential e Estimated by Member State EU25: 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).
Industrial new orders indices for total manufacturing working on orders excluding NACE 354 Gross data
(Base year 2000)
03/03 03/04 03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 Euro area 104.7 118.5 115.9 107.9 105.4 117.5 107.2 88.0 117.8 111.6 116.6 113.5 115.5 117.7 129.8 EU25 105.2 119.6 118.1 110.6 107.3 119.0 107.4 93.8 119.1 114.1 118.2 114.3 120.6 118.1 131.1 
