Compared with January of last year, new orders for metal-cutting tools were down 7.9 percent.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, increased 11.8 percent, to $250.35 million, from their level in January.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were up 23.4 percent, to $192.8 million, from the August level.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, increased 1.8 percent, to $195.3 million, from their March level.

But for the first four months of the year, orders for metal-cutting tools were up 8.8 percent from the similar period last year.

The association report shows that new orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were down 11.1 percent in January, to $140.9 million.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, increased 29.1 percent from their level in December, to $224.9 million.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, rose 31.1 percent, to $127 million, from August.

November orders for metal-cutting tools were $137.5 million, down 24.5 percent from the $182 million in October.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, fell 4.8 percent, to $97.2 million.