Orders declined continuously for eleven months. They went down by 11.5 per cent During January to July from the year before.
In July, enterprises in all manufacturing industries received less orders than twelve months ago. In the metal industry, new orders decreased by 1.3 per cent and in the chemical industry by 7.3 per cent year-on-year, the statistics show.
The index of new orders in manufacturing describes development in the value of new orders received by enterprises for commodities and services that are meant to be produced by establishments located in Finland.
