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The preliminary figures for Europe show very positive business developments for Bosch in 2016. In this region, the company increased its sales by 3.4 percent (4.8 percent after adjusting for exchange-rate effects) to 38.6 billion euros. At 12.4 billion euros, sales remained roughly on their previous-year level in North America. This was a drop in sales of 2.0 percent, or 1.8 percent after adjusting for exchange-rate effects. In South America, Bosch increased its sales by an exchange rate-adjusted 2.1 percent. In nominal terms, sales fell by 5.7 percent to 1.3 billion euros. In Asia Pacific including Africa, the company generated sales growth of 12.0 percent after adjusting for exchange-rate effects. In nominal terms, sales grew by 8.1 percent to 20.8 billion euros.
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