Statistics in Focus. Short-term statistics Focus on the links between new orders, turnover and production for industrial activities.

Abstract

This short publication aims to draw attention to the relationship between these three indices by studying monthly data, principally for the EU-27, for those manufacturing industries working to order (as defined byNACE Divisions 17, 18, 21, 24 and 27 to 35). In terms of turnover, this group of industries represented about 65 % of EU-27 manufacturing (NACE Section D) in 2003.