2005 TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL MACHINE TOOL SHOW   LOCAL VISITORS' SURVEY 1. Purpose of your visit ? (Total sample 648) ITEM Number Percentage 1 Buying 194 30% 2 Sourcing 428 66% 3 Others 179 4%     2. Indicate your business type : (Total sample 539) ITEM Number Percentage 1 Manufacturing 293 55% 2 Wholesaling 55 10% 3 Importing 102 19% 4 Retailing 22 4% 5 Others 67 12%     3. Please tick item(s) of interest : (Total Sample 777) ITEM Number Percentage 1 Metal Cutting Machine Tool 216 28% 2 Metal Forming Machine Tools and Foundry, Forging, Welding & Cutting Equipment 210 27% 3 Components, Parts, Tools, Cutters, Manufacturing and Storage System 178 23% 4 Manufacturing and Storage System 48 6% 5 Inspecting, Measuring and Testing Equipment 101 13% 6 Others 24 3%     FOREIGN VISITORS' SURVEY By Area Area Total Percentage 1 ASIA 2,034 57.30% 2 MID-EAST 380 10.70% 3 EUROPE 627 17.66% 4 AFRICA 99 2.79% 5 N-AMERIC 245 6.90% 6 C-AMERIC 14 0.39% 7 S-AMERIC 51 1.44% 8 AUSTRAL 98 2.76% 9 OTHER 2 0.06% TOTAL 3,550 100.00%     Country Number 1 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 427 2 JAPAN 350 3 MALAYSIA 297 4 TURKEY 276 5 INDIA 220       Q1.Have you visited TIMTOS before? Total % 1 Yes. 362 58.01% 2 No. 262 41.99% Visit TIMTOS before.     Q2.Purpose of your visit? Total % 1 Buying 1643 51.98% 2 Sourcing 1237 39.13% 3 Other 238 7.53% Purpose of Visit:     Q3.Indicate your business type: Total % 1 Importing 1432 45.30% 2 Manufacturing 1133 35.84% 3 Wholesaling 325 10.28% 4 Retailing 168 5.31% 5 Other 244 7.72% Visitors' Businese Type:     Q4.Indicate your current position: Total % 1 Management 1635 51.72% 2 Marketing/Sales 584 18.48% 3 R & D 195 6.17% 4 Purchasing 218 6.90% 5 Design 58 1.83% 6 Production 156 4.94% 7 Other 173 5.47% Visitors' Current Position:     Q5.Please tick item(s) of interest: Total % 1 Metal Cutting Machine Tool 2152 68.08% 2 Metal Forming Machine Tools and Foundry, Forging, Welding & Cutting Equipment 1063 33.63% 3 Components, Parts, Tools, Cutters, Manufacturing and Storage System 1035 32.74% 4 Inspecting, Measuring and Testing Equipment 579 18.32% 5 Manufacturing and Storage System 371 11.74% 6 Others 147 4.65% Products of Interests: