Materials
The percentage of firms reporting delays in supply of materials rose for the second consecutive quarter to 19 per cent and is above the level in the comparative period last year. The majority of delays were for two weeks to two months and covered a range of materials the principal ones being, bricks, timber products, kitchen units, plumbing equipment, clay tiles, and windows/frames, (Table 11)
Table 11
Percentage of firms reporting a delay in the supply of materials, 1988 - 1997
| |
Percent |
| 1988 |
44 |
| 1989 |
16 |
| 1990 |
11 |
| 1991 |
5 |
| 1992 |
6 |
| 1993 |
8 |
| 1994 |
18 |
| 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 |
First posted: 11 January 1999. Last modified: 27 July 1999.
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