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COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990, THE ORDERS POSITION IN APRIL 1991 INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A EXTENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIEN. ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
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TERMS 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.
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN APRIL 1991 DECREASED BY 1% WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991 AND BY 10% WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990.
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991, EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL 1991 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS CHANGE IN INDUSTRY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT SHOWED LITTLE THE FOOD AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL 1991 DECREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIES. OVER THE
REPORTED PERIOD, THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.
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IN APRIL 1991, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING
COMPANIES
WITH SURVEYED INCREASED BY 3% IN MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPARED MARCH 1991. AS SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED HAD EFFECTED SALARY REVISION IN APRIL 1991, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN APRIL 1991 WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991,
FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF BONUSES IN MARCH BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
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COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS
COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 17% IN MONEY TERMS MANUFACTURING APRIL 1991. INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED EN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIES.
IN APRIL
IN DUE
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT 1991 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991, BUT DECREASED MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990. PER CAPITA EARNINGS APRIL 1991 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991, ΤΟ THE ISSUE OF BONUSES AND SALARY REVISION BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
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