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The following table shows the year-on-year percentage changes in the value of orders-on-hand in different manufacturing industries:
Percentage changes in the value of orders-on-hand in
March 1996
All industries covered in the survey
·
April 1996
over March 1995
(Revised)
3
over April 1995 (Provisional)
-
5
* Wearing apparel
4
- 4
* Textiles
9
-12
* Electronic products
· 1
5
* Electrical products
+ 3
-
1
* Fabricated metal products
+11
+34
* Plastic products
- 10
-12
* Printing and publishing
2
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Survey of transport and related services results released
The business receipts and other income, that is, total receipts, generated by transport establishments in 1994 amounted to $210 billion, representing an increase of 9% over 1993.
Net of operating expenses and compensation of employees, the gross surplus accounted for 14.6% of the total receipts. This was 0.7 percentage point higher than the figure for 1993.