Limit the time you spend near electrical machinery - this includes being at your computer.

The outlook among electrical machinery manufacturers was notably poor, slumping to -21 from -5.

Farming, fishing, air and road transport, pharmaceuticals, electrical machinery, retail and wholesale businesses would be worst affected, it said.

Exports of goods rose by 13.4 per cent to 342 billion, with solid growth in cars, mechanical and electrical machinery.

The main imports are chemicals, machinery, plastics, electrical machinery, vegetable oils and aluminium and other non-ferrous metals.