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Production capacity more intensely used in Q3 2009 in manufacturing industry
Manufacturing industry
According to the business leaders questioned to the quarterly survey of October 2009, the balance of opinion regarding global demand continued to improve. Looking at business leader’s expectations, It would improve again in Q4 2009.
The balance of opinion regarding export demand increased more strongly, and reached its long term average. It woud remain near this level in the next three month.
Production capacity was sligthly more intensely used in Q3 2009: the proportion of businesses encountering production bottlenecks improve for the first time since the end of 2007.
According to the business leaders, the fall of industrial manpower attenuated in Q3 2009. Looking at business leader’s expectations, the decline in employment is expected to be less marked again over the next three months.
Recent changes in demand
Workforce in manufacturing industry
Competitive position
| Balance of opinion, s.a, in % | |||||
| * : Long period average. | |||||
| Source : Quarterly business survey - INSEE | |||||
| Manufacturing industry | MOY* | Jan. 09 | Apr. 09 | Jul. 09 | Oct. 09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total demand | |||||
| Recent changes | 0 | -52 | -58 | -36 | -15 |
| Expected change | 0 | -44 | -37 | -18 | -9 |
| Export demand | |||||
| Recent changes | 2 | -54 | -61 | -39 | 1 |
| Expected change | 4 | -45 | -33 | -7 | 0 |
| Production factors | |||||
| Share of firms producing at full capacity (in%) | 21 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
| Opinion on production capacity | 16 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 37 |
| Productive capacity utilization rate (in %) | 84 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 73 |
| Difficulties of supply and demand | |||||
| Difficulties of supply and demand | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Difficulties of supply | 23 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Difficulties of demand | 43 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 63 |
Rapides Informations
n° n° - October 27, 2009
Quarterly business survey (goods-producing industries) - October 2009
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