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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1989
IN MARCH WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988. THE ORDERS POSITION
METAL PRODUCTS FABRICATED THE 1989 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY
IN
WEARING APPAREL AND THE INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN
THE
HOWEVER. THE ORDERS POSITION DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY TEXTILES INDUSTRY AND MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
TERMS OF
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
THEIR
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT
WHEN COMPARED TOTAL WORKFORCE IN MARCH 1989 WAS LOWER BY 1 PER CENT WITH FEBRUARY 1989, AND BY 7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.
THE PRODUCTS, AND AND WEARING
DECREASED COMPARING MARCH 1989 WITH FEBRUARY 1989, EMPLOYMENT
INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL
EMPLOYMENT IN THE TEXTILES FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES. APPAREL INDUSTRIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS. AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
1989 DECREASED THERE WERE ALSO AND ELECTRONIC
EMPLOYMENT SHOWED SLIGHT DECLINES IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS,
TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.
AND
ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY,
IN MARCH
1989,
PER CAPITA
IN EARNINGS
THE
MANUFACTURING PER CENT OVER
COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, BY 5 FEBRUARY 1989 AND BY 18 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1988.
AND
COMPARING MARCH 1989 WITH FEBRUARY 1989, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS OCCURRED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES,
PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES, FOLLOWED BY THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
THESE INCREASES WERE MAINLY DUE TO A FEWER DAYS IN FEBRUARY THAN IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
NUMBER OF WORKING
HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
RECORDED
MARCH 1989
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN IN ALMOST ALL MANUFACTURING SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES.
INDUSTRIES PRODUCTS
/IN THE
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