MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

9 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2013

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 16. MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which IEC's customers operate, follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 28,			June 29,			June 28,			June 29,
% of Sales by Sector	2013			2012			2013			2012
Military & Aerospace		47	%		44	%		50	%		40	%
Medical		20	%		20	%		19	%		22	%
Industrial		22	%		26	%		21	%		27	%
Communications & Other		11	%		10	%		10	%		11	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

One individual customer in the Industrial sector represented 15.6% of sales for the nine months ended June 28, 2013. No other customers represented 10% or more of sales for the current nine month period. Two individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the nine months ended June 29, 2012: one customer in the Industrial sector represented 19.6% of sales and one customer in the Medical sector represented 16.5% of sales. No individual customers represented 10% or more of receivables at June 28, 2013, while two customers accounted for 22.8% of outstanding receivable balances at June 29, 2012.

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.