According to enterprises’ assessment, 40.5% of them thought that situation of business and production in the 2^nd Quarter are more positive than in the 1^st Quarter; 20.1% of them assessed having difficulties; 39.4% thought the business and production are stable. Expected the 3^rd Quarter compared with the 2^nd Quarter, 49.4% of enterprises thought having trends to be better; 13.2% of enterprises forecast to be worse and 37.4% of enterprises thought that the business and production situation would be stable.

Regarding the production volume, 44.3% of enterprises assessed the production volume in the 2^nd Quarter of this year rose compared with the previous quarter; 19.1% evaluated the production volume went down and 36.6% thought it was stable. The trend of 3^rd Quarter in comparison with the 2^nd Quarter: 52% of enterprises forecast the production volume will be up; 11.1% forecast it will be down and 36.9% forecast it will be stable.

About orders of this year’s 2^nd Quarter compared with the 1^st Quarter: 37% of enterprises had the higher number of orders; 19.2% had the number of orders reduced and 43.8% had the stable number of orders. The trend of the 3^rd Quarter in comparison with the 2^nd Quarter will get better: 45% of enterprises expected to have the higher number of orders; 10.8% expected the number of orders will be dropped; 10.8% expected to have the stable number of orders.

Regarding export orders of the 2^nd Quarter against the previous quarter: 29.3% of enterprises confirmed to have the higher number of export orders; 19.5% had the reduced number of export orders and 51.2% had the stable number of export orders. The trend of the 3^rd Quarter compared with the 2^nd Quarter: 40.7% of enterprises expected to raise the number of export orders; 12.8% expected to be declined and 46.5% expected to be stable.

About the stock of products: 21.1% of enterprises had inventories in the 2^nd Quarter increased from the previous quarter; 32.7% had inventories reduced and 46.2% remained stable. The trend of the 3^rd Quarter in comparison with the 2^nd Quarter: 16% of enterprises forecast inventories will go up; 33.4% thought inventories will go down and 50.6% forecast inventories will keep stable.