The data coming from the managers with respect of II quarter 2000 makes one to expect a growth in production output. The balance of expectations concerning trends in the output makes +7%, although the share of those who expect the growth is small enough, e.g. makes +37%. By ownership category, the balance of expectations looks as follows: +37%, +3%, -14% for public, collective and private enterprises, respectively, which seems surprising in view of seasonal boost of construction activities. There're expectations of reducing rates of growth in customer debt on completed contracts (+14% balance, against +33% in the previous quarter).

32% of the enterprises expect to reduce own employment in II quarter 2000, 59% expect to keep this figure stable, and only 8% expect to increase the employment number at own company.

The share of the enterprises who expect increasing orders inflow makes 27%, yet, the share of those who expect decline in this regard is as large as 32%.

The overwhelming majority of the companies, as exactly as 79%, do not expect prices movements in respect of construction & assembly services, another 17% plan to increase the prices and the rest 3% expect to reduce them- For the companies who are going to change the prices, average prices growth over II quarter is expected to make 7.3%.

22% of the construction organisations hope on improvements in own financial performance in II quarter 2000, and 24% expect recession in own financial performance.

The respondents shared their comments and propositions concerning business conditions in the sector: to cut taxation rates; to keep to financial discipline in respect of customers' timely payment on completed contracts; to cut interest rates on bank loans; to make a customer pay on completed contracts in time, otherwise to enforce prosecution measures; ; to cut tariffs on land plots; to cut short scopes of barter practice; to increase production output on government order scheme; to encourage practice of favourable loans to invest in dwelling construction; to introduce free circulation of promissory notes for all actors of investment process, to introduce the rule in which accordance VAT won't be paid until a contract isn't completed; to invalidate the scheme of double taxation of salaries or wages; to abrogate price regulation in construction, to adopt an effective rule on introduction offenders practice; to cut short prices on fuel and lubricants.


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