The surge was weaker than a Reuters forecast for an increase of 15%, signalling that a return to pre-crisis levels will be slow.
Figures from the Federal Statistics Office showed that domestic orders rose by 12.3% while orders from abroad were up 8.8%. It said order intake was 30.8% lower than in February, before lockdown measures were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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