The German Confederation of Small Business and Skilled Crafts (ZDH) forecasts that the current crisis plagueing the sector will get worse before it improves. The organization said it expects a total drop in revenue of 4.5 percent and a loss of almost 300,000 jobs in the current year. In 2003, the ZDH said it is expecting a further dip in turnover of 1 to 3 percent and a loss of about 100,000 to 300,000 jobs.