The expenditure of the Department of Trade and Industry at end September was 36.8 of the adjustment appropriation of R6.2 million for the year as a whole. In comparison to the mid-year expenditure in 2009/10, the expenditure in the first six months of 2010/11 decreased by 25.2 percent. The Department of Trade and Industry also reported on a number of enterprise investment project that were supposed to create jobs such as the East London industrial development zone which created higher than the estimate for the year. Due to the economic crisis some projects slowed down in this regard than estimated such as the Richards Bay industrial development zone. Creation of decent employment through inclusive economic growth was better than anticipated 230 projects where implemented, compared to the projected 275 for the year. The total value of investment and export credits programme has already reached its target to create 19 000 jobs for the year.