Economic Recovery Continues in 2010: Institute for Supply Management
Non-Manufacturing
For the first half of 2010, non-manufacturing supply managers who report that their organizations engage in exporting feel less optimistic than they did one year ago concerning their export business. Of the 24 percent of non-manufacturing business survey respondents who report that they export, 15 percent predict an increase (15 percent moderate and 0 percent substantial) over the next half year. Fifteen percent of the respondents expect a decrease in their exports (15 percent moderate and 0 percent substantial), and 70 percent anticipate no change in exports over the next half year. Of the industries that report they export, the following three industries expect growth in export business in the first half of 2010: Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Accommodation & Food Services; and Retail Trade.