Summary
In the quarter ended in July 2011, industry new orders nominal year-on-year change rate was 17.6% (14.5% in the previous month). This result was determined by the acceleration observed in the domestic market, which new orders rose 17.1% in July (8.1% in the previous month), mainly driven by the behaviour of the investment goods component. The new orders received from the external market registered a year-on-year change rate of 18.0% (20.0% in June).