According to a statement released on January 22 by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, the new industrial orders index in the European Union member states (EU-27) rose by 1.8 percent month on month in November 2009, after a month-on-month drop of 1.4 percent recorded in October.
On the other hand, in November 2009, new industrial orders in the EU-27, excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment for which changes tend to be more volatile, decreased by 1.6 percent year on year.
In the EU-27 in November, new orders for capital goods increased by 1.2 percent, new orders rose by 1.9 percent for non-durable consumer goods, increased by 1.8 percent for intermediate goods and rose by 0.2 percent for durable consumer goods, all compared to October.