The new orders' index in the industrial sector fell 9.8 percent in March this year, compared with the same period in 2010, after an increase of 17.4 percent recorded in March 2010, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday.
The statistics service, in its report, attributed this development to a 26.2 percent decline in the domestic market index and a 14.1 percent increase in the external market index.
The turnover index in the industrial sector rose 8.7 percent in March this year, compared with the same month last year, after an increase of 16.2 percent recorded in March 2010.
The statistics service attributed this development to a 14.9 percent increase in the mining index and an 8.6 percent increase in the manufacturing index. The domestic turnover index was down 4.3 percent in March, while the external market index rose 41.2 percent.
New home building materials' price index rose 2.7 percent in April, compared with the same month last year, after an increase of 3.5 percent recorded in April 2010.
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