India, Aug. 6 -- Germany's factory orders declined unexpectedly in June on a notable fall in demand from non-EU countries, official data revealed on Wednesday.
New orders fell 1.0 percent month-on-month in June, Destatis reported. The fall was sharper than the 0.8 percent decrease posted in May and confounded expectations for an increase of 1.0 percent.
When large-scale orders are excluded, new orders were 0.5 percent higher than in the previous month.
Foreign orders declined 3.0 percent in June. Here, orders from the euro area were up 5.2 percent, while orders from outside the euro area plunged 7.8 percent. Domestic orders grew 2.2 percent.
While new orders for capital goods decreased 5.3 percent, orders for consumer goods grew 0.5 per...