The figures also included a 3.5 percent decline in orders from domestic customers.

In the event, domestic customers were only part of the picture.

There is both export and domestic customers served by this network.

"A lot of our big domestic customers have an interest in doing business there," he said.

The changes for domestic customers with quarterly accounts are effective from the first meter reading after April.

Orders from domestic customers were up 3.7 percent for the year.

The August figures included a 25.4 increase in orders from domestic customers.

A single domestic customer will have to compete with big industrial consumers to get a fair price.

This variety is also available as a plant to domestic customers.

The July decline included a lower level of orders from domestic and foreign customers.