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April is the fourth consecutive month of annual growth in new orders, since in December 2009 the index dropped 12.1%. New orders grew by 29.5% in March.
Among the 22 states present in the report compiled by EU statistics office Eurostat, only Denmark and Ireland registered declines (11% and, respectively, 14.7%). The greatest growth was registered in the Netherlands (45.3%), Latvia (37.5%) and Slovakia (34.1%). The slowest growth paces were registered in Greece (6%) and Spain (6.7%).