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MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS
MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS
 
A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which IEC’s customers operate, follows: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Years Ended
% of Sales by Sector
 
September 30,
2014
 
September 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2014
 
September 30,
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense (previously Military & Aerospace)
 
46%
 
49%
 
49%
 
51%
Medical
 
23%
 
20%
 
20%
 
20%
Industrial
 
26%
 
22%
 
25%
 
21%
Communications & Other
 
5%
 
9%
 
6%
 
8%

 
100%
 
100%
 
100%
 
100%


Two individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the year ended September 30, 2014. One customer in the Industrial sector represented 16% of sales and one customer in the Medical sector represented 14% of sales. In the prior fiscal year, one customer in the Industrial sector represented 15% of sales. Two individual customers represented 10% or more of receivables and accounted for 33% of outstanding balances at September 30, 2014. At September 30, 2013 one individual customer represented 10% or more of receivables and accounted for 13% of such outstanding balances.
 
Credit risk associated with individual customers is periodically evaluated by analyzing the entity’s financial condition and payment history.  Customers generally are not required to post collateral.