Summary
In the quarter ended in April 2010, new orders in industry declined, in year-on-year terms, 1.9% (-6.7% on the previous month). This evolution was mainly due to the slight recovery of the external market which grew by 0.4% in April against a drop of 6.9% in the previous month. Into a lesser extent it also reflected a less negative evolution of  the domestic market new orders that registered year-on-year rates of -4.3% and -6.5% respectively  in April and  in March .