Brussels, 23/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - In October 2008, the index of industrial orders fall by 4.7% in the eurozone on the previous month, when it fell by 5.4%, according to figures published by Eurostat on 22 December 2008. In the EU27, orders fell by 6.3% in October 2008, after a 5.2% fall in September. Compared with October 2007, industrial orders have fallen by 15.1% in the eurozone and 17.9% in the EU27.
In monthly terms, orders in the chemical industry fell by 0.7% in the eurozone and...