date:Apr 19, 2013
r a mortar shell destroyed a major production plant in Syria.
The most immediate impact of the slowdown has been on our downstream distributors who have found themselves with too much stock, Child-Villiers said, adding this stock had to be dispersed before order levels could normalise.
He said India and the Philippines had a slow start to the year. Even China slowed but still saw double-digit growth.
Bernstein analyst Andrew Wood said the AOA zone was the biggest disappointment: We feel manag