The finance ministry said pretax profit for all industries is expected to rise 9.3 pct in the second half of year to March 2002, compared with a rise of 3.6 pct in the first half. Manufacturers expect pretax profit to rise 6.8 pct in the second half, compared with a fall of 7.3 pct in the first half. In the year to March 2002, all-industries pretax profit is seen up 6.8 pct, with manufacturers seeing a rise of 0.6 pct and non-manufacturers a gain of 10.5 pct.