摘要
Following a 2012 already suffering from an 11% drop in production, Italy＇s textile machinery sector has opened 2013 with a negative order intake compared to the previous quarter. Based on an economic survey conducted by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, the overall index for new orders for the first three months of the current year amounts to a value of 82.3 points, a 20% drop with respect to the three previous months.
