Summary
In the quarter ended in April 2011, industry new orders increased by 19.5% in year-on-year terms (22.5% in the previous month). This behaviour was due to decelerations occurred in both markets. The external market new orders presented a year-on-year change rate of 26.0% in April (30.7% in March), while domestic market new orders rose 12.4% (13.4% in the previous month).