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Article: Euro zone industrial new orders slightly down in October
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- December 22, 2006
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Euro zone industrial new orders slightly down in October
BRUSSELS, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Euro zone industrial new orders
dropped by 0.6 percent in October 2006 compared to the previous
month, estimated Eurostat, the statistical service of the European
Union (EU), on Friday.
Industrial new orders fell by 1.4 percent in September 2006 and
rose by 3.8 percent in August.
For the whole EU, industrial new orders gained 0.2 percent in
October 2006, after a decrease of 1.0 percent in September and an
increase of 2.7 percent in August.
Excluding ships, railway and aerospace equipment, industrial new
orders rose by 1 percent in the euro zone and by 0.7 percent EU-
wide.
In October 2006 compared to ...