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- Demand adressed to manufacturing industry remains dynamic in Q1 2010
Demand adressed to manufacturing industry remains dynamic in Q1 2010
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Manufacturing industry
Global demand adressed to business leaders continued to increase in Q1 2010: the balance of opinion stays upper its long-term average, although it is inferior to Q4 2009. Looking at business leader’s expectations, demand will improve anew in Q2 2010.
At the same time, export demand slowed down in Q1 2010. It could slow down again in the next three months.
In Q1 2010, production capacity was used as much as in Q4 2009: the proportion of businesses encountering production bottlenecks places near its long term level.
According to business leaders, the fall in industrial manpower attenuated in Q1 2010. They expect the decline in employment to be still less marked 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* | Jul. 09 | Oct. 09 | Jan. 10 | Apr. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total demand | |||||
| Recent changes | 0 | –19 | –10 | 14 | 8 |
| Expected change | 1 | –9 | –1 | 0 | 4 |
| Export demand | |||||
| Recent changes | 3 | –36 | –8 | 13 | 3 |
| Expected change | 4 | –11 | 3 | –12 | –3 |
| Production factors | |||||
| Share of firms producing at full capacity (in%) | 22 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 23 |
| Opinion on production capacity | 14 | 35 | 41 | 26 | 13 |
| Productive capacity utilization rate (in %) | 86 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 76 |
| Difficulties of supply and demand | |||||
| Difficulties of supply and demand | 6 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Difficulties of supply | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Difficulties of demand | 43 | 63 | 68 | 64 | 53 |
Rapides Informations
n° 110 - April 23, 2010
Quarterly business survey (goods-producing industries) - April 2010
Next issue July 23, 2013 08:45 - July 2013
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