US cutting tool sales in August 2009 up 2.5% MoM

According to the statistics of the US Cutting Tool Association (USCTI) on member companies, the sales of cutting tools in the United States in August 2009 increased by 2.5% compared with that in July. In July-August 2008, sales of cutting tools decreased by 0.1% month-on-month; in July-August 2007, sales of cutting tools increased by 15.6% month-on-month. The following table shows the change in US cutting tool sales from April to August during the period 2007-2009 (using the 1997 data as the baseline, that is, the same month sales in that year u003d 100%). It can be seen that, compared with the previous two years, the sales of cutting tools in the United States in 2009 fell sharply. Month - 2007 - 2008 - April 2009 - 114.9% - 128.4% - 74.4% May - 126.7% - 123.2% - 68% June - 127.5% - 124.4% - 73.6% July - 112.6% - 114.6 %—70.0% August—128.2%—114.5%—72.5%