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By category, industrial production of intermediate goods across the euro zone fell 1.3% in December from November, the sharpest drop for one year, while output of durable consumer goods dropped 1% and production of non-durable consumer goods dipped 0.3%.
Euro-Zone Industrial Output Dips Nicholas Winning 2011
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"Other" non-durable goods including plastic disposable diapers, footwear and clothing: amounted to 4,810,000 tons produced with all 4,810,000 tons discarded.
Lisa Kaas Boyle: Did You Just Eat a Plastic Bag? How Plastic Pollution Has Entered Our Food Chain Lisa Kaas Boyle 2011
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"I make things out of paper, foam core and non-durable materials but I do everything in my power to imbue them with value and meaning so that they can live on beyond me."
Kisa Lala: Keeping Time With Tom Sachs: An Interview With the Artist Kisa Lala 2011
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As, for example, WalMart moves into France (where in the rural areas, all-in-one grocery stores are still the exception, not the norm), they will bring significant downward price pressure on everyday non-durable goods.
What Determines Exchange Rates?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Households spent about 20-40 percent of their rebates on non-durable goods during the three-month period in which they received their rebates, and roughly two-thirds of their rebates cumulatively during the quarter of receipt and subsequent three-month period.
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Non-durable goods inventories increased 1.2%, while non-durable goods sales increased 4.4%.
Wholesale Inventories Rise Jeff Bater 2011
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"I make things out of paper, foam core and non-durable materials but I do everything in my power to imbue them with value and meaning so that they can live on beyond me."
Kisa Lala: Keeping Time With Tom Sachs: An Interview With the Artist Kisa Lala 2011
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While higher commodity costs are raising the challenge for companies to turn a profit, those rising prices boosted the value of orders for non-durable factory goods, which climbed 3.1% in March.
Factory Orders Climb Jeff Bater 2011
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In an encouraging sign, the increase came with gains in all of durable and non-durable goods, with the exception of autos, which fell 2.2% and transportation equipment, which slipped 0.8%.
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In an encouraging sign, the increase came with gains in all of durable and non-durable goods, with the exception of autos, which fell 2.2% and transportation equipment, which slipped 0.8%.
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