π Tender Overview
This follows from the results of a market survey conducted by the Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Economy in October of this year.
According to the study, 67% of managers report an increase or maintenance of output volumes in the reporting period, 72% of respondents note an increase or stable dynamics in demand.
The industrial capacity utilization level on average was 68%, and the average period of supply of orders was 2.7 months.
For the second month in a row, about 35% of study participants note a trend toward a reduction in inventory.
The majority of respondents (76%) reported a stable number of employees at enterprises, 11% reported an increase.
The forecast assessment of investment activity is optimistic.22% of managers plan to increase it in the next three months, 68% plan to maintain the current dynamics.Among the areas of capital use, the leading ones are the renewal (78%) and expansion (35%) of production capacities.20% and 18% of companies, respectively, invested in resource conservation and reduction of labor costs.
In the short term, almost half of top managers believe that the current level of demand will remain, 30% of respondents predict its growth.76% of respondents plan to maintain the current level of employment, 42% expect the current dynamics of industrial production to remain unchanged, 35% of company executives expect an increase in production output, and a third of directors plan to increase profits.