FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1994
THE
DETAILED
ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED TIMES A YEAR.
BE
IN
FOUR
WILL END OF
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1993 AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE NEXT MONTH AT $23.50 A COPY.
ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN DECEMBER
DECREASED ACCORDING
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST
YEAR SLIGHTLY BY 2% IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR OVER A TO THE RESULTS OF A MONTHLY SURVEY RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
MANUFACTURERS BARLIER, (FRIDAY)
OF
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
THAT MONTHS
MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO COMPLETE OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
THE
ORDERS
COMPARED
A
POSITION WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1992, THE ORDERS THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 12%.
DECREASE OF 1% WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
IN
AND
ELECTRONIC
ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY TEXTILES THE
INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. INDUSTRY REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 1%.
AND
THE
PLASTIC
PRODUCTS
COMPARED
WITH THE
PRECEDING MONTH,
ORDERS FOR ALL THE
MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
ORDERS
(9%),
THE
POSITION INCREASED IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY (3%) AND THE
PLASTIC
PRODUCTS WBARING APPAREL
INDUSTRY INDUSTRY
(2%).
ON THE
OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
INDUSTRY AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 3% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
200
THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF ORDERS-ON-HAND COVERS A PANEL OF THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
SURVEY NOT
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SAMPLE COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT
MANUFACTURING BE FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE SECTOR.
A USEFUL
NEVERTHELESS, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT of SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS SECTOR, HE SAID.
/THE SURVEY