In the EU27 area new orders grew by 1.7% in September after an increase of 2.0% in August.

But the level of new orders is still significantly down on a year ago. Compared with September 2008, industrial new orders decreased by 16.5% in the euro area and by 16.4% in the EU27.

In September 2009 compared with August 2009, new orders for capital goods grew by 3.7% in the euro area and by 2.8% in the EU27.

Non-durable consumer goods rose by 1.5% and 2.0% respectively. Durable consumer goods increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU27. Intermediate goods fell by 2.1% and 0.2% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total manufacturing working on orders rose in the month of September in thirteen and fell in eight. The highest increases were registered in Denmark (+43.0%), Ireland (+19.7%) and Poland (+9.7%), and the largest decreases in Estonia (-5.0%), Portugal (-4.9%) and Lithuania (-4.4%).