EU November industrial new orders fall 2.0%, chems up 4.2%

22 January 2010 11:06  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Industrial new orders in the EU fell by 2.0% year on year in November 2009, while orders for chemicals rose 4.2%, official statistics agency Eurostat said on Friday.

In the 16-member eurozone, industrial new orders in November declined by 1.5% year on year however chemicals orders increased by 2.7%.

Month on month, November chemicals orders were up by 3.9% in the 27-member EU and by 3.4% in the eurozone.

Compared with October, industrial new orders in November rose 1.8% in the EU and increased by 1.6% in the eurozone.

New orders	Nov 2009 vs Nov 2008 (%)	Nov 2009 vs Oct 2009 (%)
EU chemicals	4.2%	3.9%
Eurozone chemicals	2.7%	3.4%
EU industry	-2.0%	1.8%
Eurozone industry	-1.5%	1.6%

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