MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
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SEPT ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS FIGURES
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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN SEPTEMBER 1991 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991, BUT INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN SEPTEMBER 1991 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC
INDUSTRIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, ORDERS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES.
INDUSTRY, PRODUCTS
IN THE PRODUCTS
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, THE ORDERS POSITION IN SEPTEMBER 1991 IMPROVED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, FOLLOWED BY THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF 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 SEPTEMBER 1991 DECREASED BY 3 PER
WHEN CENT COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991, AND BY 10 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990.
THE
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991, EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1991 DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, DUE TO DEPARTURE OF SUMMER WORKERS. EMPLOYMENT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN ALL OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE
1991
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER
IN DECREASED
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
WITH SURVEYED,
MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.
IN SEPTEMBER 1991, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST
PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY
THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, DUE
TO MAINLY OF SPECIAL PAYMENTS BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
ISSUE
IN
1991.
THE
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, SLIGHT INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS
METAL WERE RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, AND FABRICATED PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, WHILE SOME DECREASES WERE REPORTED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN
COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN MANUFACTURING TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1991.
THE MONEY
/INCREASES IN
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