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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1980

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ORDERS-ON-HAND SURVEY

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY FOR JANUARY

1980.

THE STATISTICS DERIVED FROM THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND ARE BASED ON AN UP-DATED AND ENLARGED LIST OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SELECTED BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZE IN SEPTEMBER 1979.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS_THE_LIST WAS NOT A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED SAMPLE, RESULTS OBTAINED WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF THE COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY.

+BUT IT IS HOPED THAT THEY WILL GENERALLY INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

FOLLOWING ARE ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS OBTAINED IN THE JANUARY SURVEY COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH:

ORDERS-ON-HAND

(IN TERMS OF MONTHS)

INDUSTRY GROUP

DECEMBER 1979

JANUARY 1980

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

5.1

5.0

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

3.2

2.9

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4.2

4.7

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

4.1

4.2

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY

APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES 5.1

5.0

OTHERS

ALL MANUFACTURING

3.9

4.5

4.0

4.5

APART FROM THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, THE SURVEY ALSO COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND SELECTED SERVICES.

THE JANUARY 1980 SURVEY REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND, PRICED AT $1 EACH, WILL BE ON SALE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN ́THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL: 5-274203).

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