--BBK revises Jan German factory orders to -3.0% from -3.9%
--BBK revises Jan German foreign orders to -6.1% from -6.8%
--BBK revises Jan German domestic orders to -0.5% from -1.5%
--BBK revises Jan W German factory orders to -3.0% from -3.5%
--BBK revises Jan E German factory orders to -5.8% from -9.3%

Frankfurt, March 8 (BridgeNews) - German January manufacturing orders were revised upwards to a 3.0% decline from the provisionally reported 3.9% fall compared with December, the Bundesbank said Wednesday. Foreign orders were revised to a 6.1% drop from 6.8% decline, while domestic orders were revised to a 0.5% fall from 1.5% fall, the central bank said.
* * * January western German orders were revised to a 3.0% decline from the previously reported 3.5% decline, while eastern German January orders were revised to a 5.8% decrease from hefty 9.3% drop.
Original data showed a sharper-than-expected decline in orders, with the finance ministry noting that demand in the industrial sector had "clearly declined." However, analysts warned that the sharp fall in orders should not be over-interpreted since demand in December was especially lively.
German January pre-production goods and durable and non-durable goods orders were both revised upwards, while capital goods orders were revised downwards.
The revised January orders index for Germany is 127.7 from the provisional 126.7. The December index was also revised to 131.7 from 131.9.
The western German index for January was revised to 125.7 from the previously reported 125.0. The December figure was left unrevised at 129.6.
The eastern German January index was revised to 159.5, from the provisionally reported 156.3. The December index was revised to 169.4 from 172.4, the Bundesbank said.