Summary
In the quarter ended in February 2011, industry new orders increased by 20.0% in year-on-year terms (31.5% in January). This behaviour was due to the deceleration occurred in the new order from the external market, which moved from a year-on-year change rate of 55.0% in January to 29.5% in February. The year-on-year change rate on domestic market new orders was 10.4% (8.0% in the previous month).