HELSINKI: The value of new orders in manufacturing was 3.2 per cent higher in September 2016 than twelve months earlier, according to Statistics Finland. Before September, the orders had been declining continuously for a year. The value of orders is still at a low level. During January to September, the orders went down by 10.2 per cent from the year before, the data show.
Change in new orders in manufacturing 9/2015– 9/2016 (TOL2008). Source: New orders in manufacturing 2016, September. Statistics Finland. Enterprises received more orders than twelve months ago in September in the chemical, the metal and the textile industry. In the chemical industry, new orders increased by 8.3 per cent, in the metal industry by 3.6 per cent, and in the textile industry by 1.2 per cent from one year earlier. In the industry of the manufacture of paper and paper board products, orders declined by 1.4 per cent year-on-year as per the statistics.
