SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1988
NOVEMBER ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED DY THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN NOVEMBER
1987, REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AS IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH, BUT WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT IN NOVEMBER 1986, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND, MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS, REFERS TO THE POSITION AS AT THE ANDE OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1987, THE ORDERS POSITION IN NOVEMBER 1987 DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, WHILE THE ORDERS POSITION IN THE OTHER INDUSTRIES SHOWED RELATIVELY LITTLE CHANGES.
COMPARING NOVEMBER 1987 WITH THE SAME MONTIL TN 1986, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, WHILE THAT IN THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED SOME INCREASES.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOWED A DECREASE IN NOVEMBER 1987 WILEN COMPARED WITH BOTH OCTOBER 1987 AND NOVEMBER 1986.
COMPARING NOVEMBER 1987 WITH OCTOBER 1987, THERE WAS A SHARP REDUCTION IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WHEREAS EMPLOYMENT IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY SHOWED A SLIGHT INCREASE. EMPLOYMENT IN OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED WAS STABLE.
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1986, EMPLOYMENT DROPPED SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY BUT MUCHI MORE SHARPLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES RECORDED SOME INCREASES.
IN NOVEMBER 1987, BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1987 BUT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER NOVEMBER 1986.
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COMPARING NOVEMBER 1987 WITEI OCTOBER 1987. INCREASES PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA KARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, WHILE THE OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED SHOWRD SOME DECREASES, WITH THE LARGEST DROP IN PAYROLL. RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
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