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invest in new equipment with
up-to-date technology.
Investment intentions in the plastics
industry were sustained. Major
suppliers of plastic injection
moulding machines reported that their
sales in the first quarter were as
good as in the same quarter last
year. However, some 40% of the
machines sold were likely to be
installed in factories in China.
Investment in the metal products
industry weakened. Two large
suppliers of machine tools reported
large decreases in sales in the first
quarter compared with a year earlier.
Economic Analysis Division
Economic Services Brach
Government Secretary
14 June 1990
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