Materials

The percentage of firms reporting a delay in the supply of materials has risen this quarter from 13 per cent to 15 per cent. The majority of delays reported, were from two weeks to two months and covered a range of goods, the principals being, joinery, bricks and blocks, kitchen units, doors, frames and windows and steel products, (Table 11).

Table 11 Percentage of firms reporting delay in the supply of materials, 1988-1998
	Percentage
1988	44
1989	16
1990	11
1991	5
1992	6
1993	8
1994
Q1	5
Q2	21
Q3	31
Q4	16
1995
Q1	11
Q2	11
Q3	11
Q4	8
1996
Q1	15
Q2	14
Q3	12
Q4	-
1997
Q1	11
Q2	14
Q3	19
Q4	13
1998
Q1	15

First posted: 11 January 1999. Last modified: 27 July 1999.