１１月の工作機械受注８．０％増　外需寄与、２年２カ月ぶりプラス

　日本工作機械工業会が９日発表した１１月の工作機械受注総額（速報値）は、前年同月比８．０％増の８８２億円だった。２０１８年９月（１５３４億円）の２．９％増以来２年２カ月ぶりにプラスに転じた。受注総額は依然低いものの、新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響から脱した中国を中心とする設備投資の回復傾向が寄与した。
　内訳は、外需が２２．５％増の６１６億円、低迷が続く内需は１５．２％減の２６５億円だった。（2020/12/09-19:03）

Machine tool orders received by Japanese makers in November rose 8.0 pct from a year before to 88.2 billion yen, industry data have shown.
   Orders increased for the first time in two years and two months, since they logged a 2.9 pct rise in September 2018, according to preliminary data released by the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association on Wednesday.
   While the level of orders remains low, they grew year on year thanks to a recovery of capital investment in countries such as China, which apparently overcame the impacts of the coronavirus epidemic, association officials said.
   Orders from abroad jumped 22.5 pct to 61.6 billion yen, while domestic orders dropped 15.2 pct to 26.5 billion yen.
   The overall machine tool orders have been recovering after hitting a bottom in May, helped by the pickup of orders from China. Orders are "showing a clearer trend" of overseas demand-backed recovery, said Koichi Fujishiro, an economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc.