The Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said that while revenues in manufacturing and mining rose to 222.4 billion marks (100 billion dollars), employment grew by 0.6 per cent in the month compared with October 1999 levels.
But in a sign that eastern Germany's economy is now starting to keep pace with the west, the office said that revenues growth for the sector in October was 10.3 per cent, as against the 8.7 per cent rise in western Germany.
Also, employment was up 2.6 per cent year-to-year in October while that in the west was 0.4 per cent higher.
The disproportion between the formerly socialist east and western Germany is shown by the overall figures, however. Whereas western Germany's industrial sector turnover in October was 206 billion marks, in eastern Germany the figure was 16.3 billion marks.
(la/dpa)
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