SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1990
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APRIL ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
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IN APRIL 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1989, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
BUT
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN APRIL 1990 INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE ORDERS POSITION IN THE FABRICATED PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.
METAL
COMPARING APRIL 1990 WITH APRIL 1989, THE ORDERS POSITION DROPPED IN ALMOST ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST DECREASE RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.. ON THE
IN OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN ORDERS WAS RECORDED ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
THE
TERMS OF
AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN THE THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT TOTAL WORKFORCE IN APRIL 1990 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 9 PER WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990 AND APRIL 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
THEIR CENT
IN
A
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL 1990 DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED. ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT
IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY.
INCREASE
EMPLOYMENT
WITH PRODUCTS,
THE
A DRINKS
COMPARING APRIL 1990 WITH APRIL 1989, DECREASES IN WERE RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES. HOWEVER,
AND INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED IN THE FOOD MODERATE INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
IN APRIL 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING
SURVEYED COMPANIES
INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN
MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990.
IN
EFFECTED
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY AS SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED HAD
REVISION SALARY
IN APRIL 1990. SLIGHT INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS
RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
WERE
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