MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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				Years Ended
	September 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
% of Sales by Sector	2013		2012		2013		2012
Military & Aerospace		49%		50%		51%		43%
Medical		20%		21%		20%		22%
Industrial		22%		22%		21%		25%
Communications & Other		9%		7%		8%		10%
		100%		100%		100%		100%

One individual customer in the Industrial sector represented 15% of sales for the year ended September 30, 2013. No other customers represented 10% or more of sales for the current period.  Two individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the year ended September 30, 2012: one customer in the Industrial sector represented 19% of sales and one customer in the Medical sector represented 15% of sales. Individual customers representing 10% or more of receivables accounted for 13% of outstanding balances at September 30, 2013 (one customer), and 10% of outstanding receivable balances at September 30, 2012 (one customer).

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.