11/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat, industrial producer prices fell 0.1% in August 2001 on July 2001 in the eurozone, and by 0.1% in the whole of the EU (EU15). In July 2001, the index fell by 0.5% in both areas. In August 2001 compared with August 2000, industrial producer prices rose by 1.7% in the eurozone and 1.6% in EU15, confirming the slowdown of price rises observed since October 2000.