German machinery orders fall 6 percent

(MENAFN) Recent industrial data show that machinery and tool orders in Germany fell 6 percent in December last year, Xinhua reported



The German Engineering Association said that machinery and tool orders from domestic customers dropped 10 percent while orders from abroad declined 4 percent



The engineering association"s chief economist said: "December saw flagging growth at home and in the neighboring eurozone countries.



Machinery orders in the country dropped by 2 percent in the whole year