WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1991
ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND
PER CAPITA EARNINGS FIGURES FOR JULY RELEASED
IN JULY 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HÅND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991, BUT INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT WITH JULY 1990, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED
CHANGE WHEN WHEN COMPARED RELEASED TODAY
WITH JUNE 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND THE IN JULY 1991 INCREASED MODERATELY IN
TEXTILES INDUSTRY BUT OVER THE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
OTHER MANUFACTURING SAME PERIOD, ORDERS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
IN
1991 JULY MODERATELY
COMPARED
JULY 1990, THE ORDERS POSITION WITH INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.
FABRICATED
ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
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 WITH
EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT TOTAL WORKFORCE IN JULY 1991 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED JUNE 1991, BUT DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1990.
JULY 1991 INCREASED COMPARED
JUNE 1991, EMPLOYMENT IN WITH MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, DUE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS.
SLIGHTLY
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED
IN THE FABRICATED IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
FOOD
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ALL
IN
COMPARED WITH JULY 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 1991 DECREASED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES RECORDED IN
ELECTRICAL AND THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN JULY
SURVEYED COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991.
COMPANIES
1991,
PER INCREASED
CAPITA
BY
EARNINGS 1 PER CENT
IN
IN
THE MANUFACTURING
MONEY TERMS
WHEN
CAPITA BARNINGS
INCREASED
PER
IN THE
PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY, DUE PARTLY TO THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL AND PAYMENTS.
MODERATELY
PLASTIC
BONUSE9
/ON THE