EU Sept new orders fall 0.9%, but chems up 9%

24 November 2008 13:30  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Industrial new orders in the 27-member EU fell 0.9% in September compared with the same period in 2007, while orders for chemicals and man-made fibres rose 9%, the official statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday.

In the 15-member eurozone, industrial new orders decreased 1.1% compared with September 2007 and for chemicals and man-made fibres increased 9.2%.

Month on month, industrial orders fell 4.6% in the EU and 3.9% in the eurozone. Orders for chemicals and man-made fibres were up both 0.1% in the EU and the eurozone compared with August.

Industrial new orders

	September 2008 vs September 2007 (%)	September 2008 vs August 2008 (%)
EU chemicals	9.0	0.1
Eurozone chemicals	9.2	0.1
EU manufacturing	-0.9	-4.6
Eurozone manufacturing	-1.1	-3.9

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By: Mark Watts
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