Turnover industry rises again (+ 1.2%) in May. Fall orders – ANSA.it

In May, the industry turnover began to rise again, with a rise of 1.2% compared to April and increases in both domestic (+ 1.1%) and the foreign market (+ 1.3% ). This was announced by ISTAT stating that on an annual basis instead of the turnover falls by 0.9%: the broader contribution to this decline comes from internal energy component. After the record increase in April, the industrial orders return to fall: according to Istat, decreased by 2.5% from the previous month, the synthesis of a 0.3% increase in orders and interior down 6.3% than foreign. On an annual basis the decline was 0.5%.

The Istat noted that the total turnover, adjusted for calendar effects (the working days were 20 against the May 21, 2014), says Istat, growing in trend terms by 2.4 %, an increase of 0.6% on the domestic market and 5.8% on foreign markets. And in particular, increases of 6.6% for capital goods, 2.6% for consumer goods (+ 3.4% for durable goods and 2.5% for non-durables) and 1, 6% for intermediate goods, while decreases of 8.8% for energy. The most significant growth trend recorded in the manufacture of transport equipment (+ 12.5%), manufacture of machinery and equipment nec (+ 7.6%) and the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, medical equipment, measuring instruments and clocks (+ 6.9%); negative variations are found more pronounced in mining (-38.2%), in manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (-5.7%) and in the wood, paper and printing (-1.7%) . The seasonally adjusted indexes, finally, marked increases in short-term energy (+ 6.0%), capital goods (+ 2.0%) and consumer goods (+ 0.6%), while intermediate goods decreased slightly (-0.1%).