1.   Employment in electrical machinery trebled, again increasing its share by half a million.

2.   The proportion was higher in the fastest growing sectors, such as electrical machinery, transport equipment and iron and steel.

3.   Productivity had more than doubled in the chemicals, transport equipment and electrical machinery industries.

4.   At the same time, though, manufacturers of electrical machinery, industrial goods, computers and paper products reported increased output for the month.

5.   Discussing components in the report, Fine said that electrical machinery was likely to decline, while defense orders seemed primed for an increase.

6.   Electrical machinery and road vehicles were top exports to Mexico.

7.   Investment was strongest by auto and electrical machinery makers, and most noticeable in Vietnam and India.

8.   Latin American companies are now exporting products the Germans used to export to Latin America, including electrical machinery and precision tools.

9.   The decline was precipitated in part by a fall in exports of electrical machinery, the Department of Statistics said.

10.   The fast-paced expansion in the United States sucked in a tremendous volume of imported computers, electrical machinery and clothing.