International snippets: Poland, South Africa

The average price of glass and glass products sold by manufacturers in Poland in the first seven months of this year was 3.2 percent lower than in the same period in 2007, according to an Oct. 8 report from Poland’s Central Statistical Office. In comparison, the average price of industrial goods sold in Poland was 2.7 percent higher year-on-year.

Sales by glass and glass products’ manufacturers in South Africa in the first eight months of this year were 7.6 percent higher than in the same period in 2007, according to an Oct. 8 report from Statistics South Africa reports that . In comparison, sales of all manufactured products in South Africa rose by 21.4 percent year-on-year.