Summary
For the quarter ended in November 2011, industry new orders decreased 8.7% in year-on-year terms (change rate of 4.7% in October) partially reflecting a base effect occurred in the Intermediate goods industrial grouping. In the case of the external market, the index moved from a year-on-year change rate of 12.9% in October to -9.8% in November. The index of the new orders received from the domestic market decreased 7.2% (reduction of 3.8% in the previous month).