TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1987
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NOVEMBER ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES OUT
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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTHS) IN THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1985 AS WELL AS WITH OCTOBER 1986, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSÚS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARING NOVEMBER 1986 WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1985, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS WERE REPORTED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, TEXTILES AND WEARING APPAREL
INDUSTRIES AND, TO A LESS EXTENT, IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WAS STILL SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THAT IN THE SAME MONTH IN 1985, ALTHOUGH IT HAD RISEN CONSIDERABLY OVER THAT IN OCTOBER 1986.
THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY SHOWED NO CHANGE IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986, WHILE OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED RECORDED SOME INCREASES OVER THE PERIOD.
THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECLINED SLIGHTLY IN NOVEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1985 AND THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER 1986 OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH OCCURRED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MAINLY DUE TO REDUCED DEMAND FOR LABOUR IN THE LOW SEASON.
THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY ALSO RECORDED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1985.
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED RECORDED A DECREASE IN BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986, MAINLY DUE TO A REDUCTION IN OVERTIME WORK.
HOWEVER, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1996 WERE GENERALLY ABOVE THOSE IN THE SAME MONTH IN 1985, EXCEPT FOR THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY IN WHICH A DECLINE WAS RECORDED.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, THERE WAS INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1986 OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH AS WELL AS OVER THE SAME MONTH IN 1985, AS SOME FIRMS STARTED WORK ON NEW PROJECTS.
IN THE SERVICES SECTORS AS A WHOLE, THE LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE IN THE SAME MONTH IN 1985. COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986, THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT BUT A DECLINE IN BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS.
/THE PERCENTAGE