The Minister went further to indicate that during the period under review, Gross Domestic Product of 3% a year had been recorded and capital stocks had increased by 6.8%. The country had registered a significant decrease in inequality during the period 2006 - 2011. Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) funding of R30 billion had been approved and a R4 trillion infrastructure plan had been adopted. Manufacturing productivity was up and factories were using more capacity. International tourism was up two times above the global rate and new film studios and film productions had been registered. There had been new investments for the BMW 3-series, Ford Ranger, C-class Mercedes Benz and African Taxi production. The Minister indicated that despite all these achievements, more was still to be done especially on key plans outlined by the President in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) and the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP). Examples of some of the key plans highlighted were: