[caption id="attachment_76306" align="alignright" width="300"] Caterpillar sales recover in Asia up 29%[/caption]
Caterpillar says its world dealers reported retail sales of machines for 3-month rolling period ended January down 8% in value terms.
North America machines retail sales for 3-month period were down 13%.
Sales in Europe, Africa, and Middle East were down 13%.
Latin American dealers reported sales down 29%
Better news came from Asia/Pacific region where dealers that reported sales for the same period up 26%