Treviso manufacturing industry closed the year 2007 under the sign of growth: trend variations as for production and turnover are respectively +2.0% and +2.1%.

These data were obtained from a survey by the Ufficio Studi of Treviso Chamber of Commerce, which took into consideration a sample of 200 manufacturing enterprises for a total of 13,000 employees.

More specifically: as for production, the driving factors are machinery and wood-furniture, with annualized growths of 3% and 2.8% respectively, producing a positive effect also on occupation, which marks slight increases.
As for turnover, the sectors which stand out are wood-furniture (+3.8%) and textile-clothing (+2.5%): both of them are supported by foreign sales, marking a +6.0% and a +5.1% respectively.

The domestic demand marks a negative performance through order trends: in fact, besides the normal bounce with respect to summer, they are limited to an increase of 1.5% on an annual basis.
The average of data shows a downturn of 2.5% in the textile-clothing sector, while machinery industry mark an increase of 2.4%.

Foreign orders, on the other hand, keep being very positive and indicate a rise of 5.3% on annual basis, while industrial machinery performs even better, with a +7.5%.

With regard to export, it’s worth reminding that the average quota of export turnover over total turnover constantly fluctuates between 30 and 35%. The incidence of foreign earned income for export companies grows.

The capacity utilization rate, which is the last considered factor, levelled off at 76%.

Estimations for the next six months consider positively the growth of foreign demand and turnover, while domestic demand is not expected to evolve positively. Occupation is judged stable.

Consult the table: short-term economic indicators – 4^th quarter 2007