Romania June Indus Orders Rise At 3rd Fastest Pace In EU

In the European Union, industrial new orders gained 2.4% in June after a rise of 4% a month earlier, EU’s statistics office Eurostat said.

New orders rose in sixteen and fell in four member states. The highest monthly increases were registered in Denmark (+23%), the Netherlands (+8.9%) and Romania and the largest decreases in Ireland (-4.7%) and the Czech Republic (-2.7%).

Compared with June 2009, new orders in Romania were up 34.6%, the fourth biggest increase in the EU.

Total manufacturing working on orders rose in twenty states and fell only in Ireland (-5.1% from June 2009). The highest increases were registered in Denmark (+64.8%), Latvia (+61.2%), Estonia (+49.2%), Romania and Germany and Finland (both +32.8%).