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Italian Machine Tool Orders Start to Grow
April 20, 2021
Italian Trade Agency Press Release
In the first quarter of 2021, the orders of machine tools collected by Italian manufacturers started to grow again. In particular, the UCIMU index processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture of the Association
showed a 48.6% upturn in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 2020.
The absolute value of the index was 169 (base 100 in 2015).
The overall outcome was mainly due to the excellent performance of manufacturers on the domestic market. Indeed, on the internal market, Italian manufacturers registered a 157.9% increase in the collected orders compared with the same period of the previous year. The absolute value of the index was 195.5.