FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1981
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JANUARY'S ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR INDUSTRIES
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED THE FOLLOWING ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS FOR JANUARY 1981.
INDUSTRY GROUP
ORDERS-ON-HAND
IN TERMS OF MONTHS
JAN 1980 DEC 1980 JAN 1981
WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL
5.0
4.8
4.6
2.9
2.2
2.3
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
4.7
3.8
3.6
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
4.2
3.7
3.6
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY,
5.0
5.0
4.9
APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES
OTHERS
4.0
3.8
3.7
ALL MANUFACTURING
4.5
4.2
4.1
THE GENERAL DECREASE IN ORDERS-ON-HAND COMPARED WITH THE POSITION TWELVE MONTHS AGO MAY NOT SUGGEST A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN BUSINESS VOLUMES BUT RATHER A TENDENCY FOR ORDERS RECEIVED BY THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED TO HAVE BECOME SHORTER AND MORE FREQUENT.
THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON AN UPDATED AND ENLARGED PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SELECTED BY REFERENCE TO THE IR EMPLOYMENT SIZE IN SEPTEMBER 1979. AS THE PANEL IS NOT A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED SAMPLE, RESULTS OBTAINED WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF THE COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE PANEL, BUT IT IS HOPED THAT THEY WILL GENERALLY INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.
THIS SURVEY, WHICH IS CONDUCTED MONTHLY, ALSO ASKS QUESTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS BESIDES THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JANUARY 1981 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, AT $1 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-274203.
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