TABLE-Japan May core machinery orders fall 3.0 pct m/m

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TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japan's core private-sector machinery orders unexpectedly fell 3.0 percent in May from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said on Wednesday, suggesting a recovery in capital spending may be delayed.

The fall compared with a median market forecast for a 2.1 percent increase. [JPMORD=ECI]

Details were as follows (economists' median forecast in parentheses):

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MAY APR MAR (month-on-month percentage changes, seasonally adjusted) Overall +1.5 -12.7 +13.2

Private (core) -3.0 (+2.1) -5.4 -1.3

Public -11.1 +22.1 +1.9

External -13.3 -21.5 +46.4 -------------------------------------------------------- (year-on-year percentage changes, unadjusted) Overall -44.6 -42.5 -30.5

Private (core)-38.3 (-34.5) -32.8 -22.2

Public +7.2 +6.9 -0.8

External -73.7 -66.1 -48.7 --------------------------------------------------------

*Note: Core orders are private-sector and exclude those for ships and electric power utilities.

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here (Reporting by Stanley White; Editing by Chris Gallagher)