The difficult period that the woodworking and wood-based materials industry is experiencing has been unfortunately confirmed by the economic figures referring to the second quarter 2009<\/b>. The message is clear: the signs of long-awaited recovery are still far and we are in the middle of a stage of stagnating production.
\nTraditionally carried out by the Acimall Studies Office on a sample of manufacturers of all types and sizes, the quarterly survey reveals that, between April and June, orders went down by 53.8 percent <\/b>compared to the same period in 2008. Foreign orders decreased as well (-58.5 percent) and national demand recorded a 35.6 percent reduction. The situation may seem less dramatic – though not comforting – if compared with the figures of the first quarter of this year, when the reduction in the period April-June amounted to only 2.3 percent (-7.2 percent for orders from abroad, while the national market grew by 12 percent).<\/p>\n
In the period under scrutiny, prices <\/b>have recorded a slight shrinkage (-0.1 percent), while the months of ensured production <\/b>at the end of the second quarter 2009 were equal to 1.2.<\/p>\n
Based on the indications of the sample companies, the quality survey <\/b>gave the following results: 68 percent indicate decreasing production, 29 percent stable and 3 percent growing.<\/p>\n
Employment <\/b>is considered stationary by 65 percent of the sample and falling by the remaining 35 percent. Available stocks <\/b>are stationary according to 45 percent, decreasing according to 42 percent and growing according to the remaining 13 percent.<\/p>\n
The forecast survey <\/b>shows a situation of substantial stability, although people are aware that a possible stop of the order decline will not allow them to believe in a quick recovery process. On the contrary: the most widespread opinion is that the industry will come back to pre-crisis production levels only in some years. In the next period, international orders <\/b>are expected to increase for 10 percent of the interviewees, they will be substantially stable for 61 percent and further decreasing for 29 percent (balance -19). The Italian market <\/b>is expected to have a constant trend according to 58 percent of the interviewees, it will recover for 7 percent and it will decrease further for the remaining 35 percent (balance -51).
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