Construction Economic Survey

Positive expectations after initial difficulties in the first quarter In December 2009 were the manufacturer to an assessment asked how their expectations are over the next three or six months: they are more or less obstruct door hinges (and thus doors) as in the three and six months before? In the three-month perspective, the door manufacturers are more pessimistic: 17 percent of the interviewed manufacturers of metal doors and 22 percent of the plastic doors manufacturers believe that your door sales significantly lower or less will be in the first three months of 2010 than in the last three months of the previous year. On the other hand are hardly half as many optimists who expect an increase in sales in the first three months of the year (manufacturer of metal doors: 8 percent, manufacturer of plastic doors: 12 percent). In the next half year, the expectations of the producers are again more optimistic: so 11% optimists face 8 percent metal doors farmers with negative expectations. The manufacturers of The percentage of respondents with positive sales Outlook (18 percent) exceeds the pessimist share even just to double plastic doors. Compared to the previous year, the mood at the door manufacturers has improved significantly. A comparison of the results of the latest barometer of December 2009 with the results of December shows that 2008 was still staggering in the coming three months less door hinges to expected 40 per cent of the manufacturers of plastic doors, so this proportion has been halved almost a year later. Also at the manufacturers specialized in metal doors significantly less respondents (17%) believe that your door sales from January to March will fall than a year ago: back then, 39 percent were pessimistic.