Sept 22 (Reuters) - Italian seasonally adjusted industrial orders fell 1.5 percent month-on-month in July, following an identical 1.5 percent drop in June, data showed on Monday.
Orders fell 0.7 percent in unadjusted year-on-year terms after a 1.3 percent increase the month before, national statistics office ISTAT reported.
Industrial sales fell a seasonally adjusted 1.0 percent month-on-month after a 0.2 percent rise in June, and were down a work-day adjusted 1.3 percent year-on-year.
The data are a further sign that Italy's economy is failing to emerge from a long recession.
ISTAT issued the data for July and June at the same time, having closed for a summer break during most of August.
(Reporting by Gavin Jones)