New orders in processing industry increase 7% in Q1
Friday, May 14, 2021
New orders in the processing industry increased overall in the first quarter of this year by 7% compared to the same period in 2020, according to data released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).This increase was due to advances in the durable goods industry (+23.5%), the intermediate goods industry (+12.8%) and the capital goods industry (+5.7%). The current goods industry decreased by 13.5%.In March 2021, compared to the ...