Brussels, 25/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - In July 2007, the euro area industrial new orders index fell by 4.0% compared with June 2007, when it rose by 4.5%. EU27 new orders decreased by 3.9% in July 2007, after an increase of 5.3% in June. Compared with July 2006, industrial new orders rose by 10.9% in the euro area and by 13.2% in the EU27.
In July 2007 compared with June 2007, new orders for machinery and equipment rose by 2.5% in the euro area and by 5.5% in the EU27. Manufacturing of...