All industries covered in the survey

Wearing apparel

12-

Percentage changes in the value of

orders-on-hand in

April 1995 over April 1994

(Revised)

+4

May 1995

over May 1994

(Provisional)

+8

+3

+3

Textiles

-21

-12

Electronic products

+28

+28

I

Electrical products

+15

+17

I

Fabricated metal products

-31

-14

Plastic products

-12

-20

Printing and publishing

+3

+13

End/Thursday, July 20, 1995

Construction output statistics for 1st quarter of 1995

The gross value of construction work performed, in nominal terms by main contractors, including general and special trade contractors, amounted to $22.8 billion in the first quarter of 1995, and was 5.5% higher than a year earlier, according to the results of the Quarterly Survey of Construction Output released today (Thursday) by the Census and Statistics Department.

Compared with the fourth quarter of 1994, the gross value of construction work performed by main contractors in the first quarter of 1995 decreased by 3.2%.

Provisional estimate of the gross value of construction work performed, measured at constant (1990) market prices in the first quarter of 1995 was 0.8% lower than in the first quarter of 1994.

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