BERLIN—Weaker demand from abroad drove a much bigger than expected drop in German industrial orders, including cars, in October, data showed on Monday, further clouding the growth outlook for manufacturers in Europe’s largest economy. A pandemic-related scarcity of microchips and other electronic components has caused massive supply bottlenecks and production problems in Germany’s mighty automobile industry and other important sectors of the economy. Orders for goods ‘Made in Germany’ dropped 6.9 percent on the month in seasonally adjusted terms after a revised rise of 1.8 percent in September and a plunge of 8.8 percent in August, figures from the Federal Statistics Office showed. A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a smaller decline of 0.5 percent on the month in October. “After incoming orders climbed to an all-time high in mid-2021, the index has lost more than 16 points in recent months,” the economy ministry said, adding that the …