Summary
In the quarter ended in October 2010, industry new orders year-on-year change rate was 12.5%, up by 2.6 percentage points from the previous month. This acceleration of the total index reflected the domestic market behaviour, where new orders increased 7.2% (year-on-year change rate of -0.9% in September). External market new orders rose 17.9% (21.6% in the previous month).