German Manufacturing Orders Up 4.9%

June 7, 2006
Orders placed with companies in the German manufacturing sector rose by 4.9% on a 12-month basis in April, the Economy Ministry calculated on June 7. However, the figure did not include manufacturing orders data from the key state of North ...

Orders placed with companies in the German manufacturing sector rose by 4.9% on a 12-month basis in April, the Economy Ministry calculated on June 7.

However, the figure did not include manufacturing orders data from the key state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's industrial heartland, owing to a public-sector strike there in preceding months, the ministry said in a statement.

The heavily industrialized sate of North Rhine-Westphalia comprises 20% of the overall manufacturing orders for the whole country, making it difficult to interpret the headline data, the ministry noted.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2006

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