In the month of June 2010, the Eurozone (EA16) new industrial orders index rose by 2.5%. In May the index increased by 4.1%. In the EU27, new orders increased by 2.4% in June 2010 after a rise of 4.0% in May. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders grew by 1.6% in the Eurozone and by 1.8% in the EU27. 

In June 2010 compared with June 2009, new industrial new orders increased by 22.6% in the Eurozone and by 22.5% in the EU27. Total industry excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment rose by 22.5% and 23.7% respectively. These estimates are from Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union.

Monthly changes: In June 2010, new orders for capital goods rose by 5.3% in the Eurozone and by 5.1% in the EU27. Intermediate goods increased by 0.1% and 0.3% respectively. Durable consumer goods fell by 1.1% in the Eurozone and by 0.1% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods decreased by 1.8% and 0.9% respectively. Germany reported a rise of 3.9%.

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 registered in Denmark (+23.0%), the Netherlands (+8.9%) and Romania (+5.5%) and the largest decreases in Ireland (-4.7%) and the Czech Republic (-2.7%).

Annual changes: In June 2010 compared with June 2009, new orders for intermediate goods rose by 29.6% in the Eurozone and by 28.7% in the EU27. Capital goods increased by 22.7% and 23.8% respectively. Durable consumer goods gained 14.2% in the Eurozone and 17.0% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods grew by 2.5% in the Eurozone, but fell by 1.1% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in twenty and fell only in Ireland (-5.1%). The highest increases were registered in Denmark (+64.8%), Latvia (+61.2%), Estonia (+49.2%), Romania (+34.6%) and Germany and Finland (both +32.8%)

The Eurozone (EA16) includes Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia 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).