Japan's April Construction Orders Decline by 25.9%

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on the 29th that the country's construction orders in April fell 25.9% year-on-year to 562.8 billion yen.

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 29th that Total construction orders from the country's 50 largest construction contractors fell 25.9% in April from a year earlier to 562.8 billion yen, down 37.8% from March.

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > See the following table for detailed data of Japanese construction orders:

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< P > < FONT face = Verdana > April & nbsp; March & nbsp; February & nbsp; January & nbsp; December & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; November & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; October & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; September

2009   2009   2009     2009    2008    2008    2008    2008

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > -- Year-on-year change --

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Total & nbsp; -25.9%  -37.8%  -24.9%  -38.3%  -27.3%  -12.5%   47.2%  10.3%

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Domestic-21.9% -33.2%  -23.3%  -34.7%  -18.8%  -10.7%   37.3%   3.5%

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Overseas-78.6% -84.2%  -57.5%  -94.9% -124.7%  -47.2%  232.5%  95.0%

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > -- Real (billion yen) --

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Total & nbsp; & nbsp; 562.8  1586.3   916.8   578.9   894.2   801.5  1036.9 1728.7

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Domestic & nbsp; 551.1  1550.1   891.6   576.1   918.5   778.3   918.0 1499.9

< P > < FONT face = Verdana > Overseas & nbsp; & nbsp; 11.7    36.2    25.1     2.9   -24.3    23.2   118.9  228.7

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