In the quarterly growth rates excluding the impact of exchange rates, the growth rate for office products in the most recent third quarter was 1.8%, and we believe this to be a strong result. However, the weakness in the Japanese domestic market is demonstrated in the graph of results by region.
On the other hand, regarding non-hardware sales in production print field, on a local-currency basis excluding the impact of exchange rates, greater than double-digit growth has been continuing, and the trend of growth being driven especially by the United States and Europe has continued.
On the other hand, regarding non-hardware sales in production print field, on a local-currency basis excluding the impact of exchange rates, greater than double-digit growth has been continuing, and the trend of growth being driven especially by the United States and Europe has continued.