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DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES
1. MANUFACTURING SECTOR
EMPLOYMENT IN+
PERCENTAGE CHANGE *
MAR. 84
ON DEC. 83
INDUSTRY GROUP
DEC. 83
MAR. 84
WEAR ING APPAREL
(EXCLUDING KNITWEAR FROM YARN)
253 300
257 600
+ 1.7
TEXTILES
(INCLUDING
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN)
111 300
112 000
+ 0.6
ELCTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPLIANCES
AND. SUPPLIES,
INCLUDING
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
131 600
129 900
- 1.3
PLASTIC
80 100
88 300
+ 8.9
PRODUCTS
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
66 100
67 800
+ 2.5
CONCURRENT WITH THE SEPTEMBER 1982 ROUND OF THE SURVEY AN INDUSTRY UPDATING EXERCISE WAS PERFORMED. RESULTS OF THIS EXERCISE HAVE BEEN USED TO UPDATE INFORMATION ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF EACH AND EVERY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR (I.E. ISIC MAJOR DIVISION 3) AS FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983. STATISTICS SINCE THIS QUARTER ANVALYSED BY INDUSTRY ARE, THEREFORE, NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE WITH THOSE IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTERS. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1983 ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE TABLE.
* BASED ON UNROUNDED FIGURES
/II. BUILDING AND
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