In the first weeks of January 2009 Tate said it has seen signs that customer de-stocking may be coming to an end. However, orders remain at lower levels than in the first half of the financial year and Tate now expect the outturn for the Group’s continuing operations in the year to 31 March 2009 to be broadly in line with the lower end of market expectations, which approximates to the outturn for the prior year.