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Why does everybody talk about number of customers? Surely what matters is not so much the number of customers, but rather the total tonnage on order and what type of products that have been ordered. Depending on the type of products, different profit margins apply and different tonnages are needed to 'break even'.

Furthermore, it is not the number of customers, but, if one wants to talk about customers, the quality of the customers that might provide an indication of where MSC's fuiture is headed. If MSC has some good quality customers on their books (even if these customers start off with low quantity orders), then this is a healthy sign.

Does anybody know what current and predicted orders (tonnages) MSC has for their different products and whether MSC has been able to secure some quality customers to date?