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SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1980

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ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED ORDERS- ON-HAND STATISTICS AS FOLLOWS

ORDERS-ON-HAND

IN TERMS OF MONTHS

INDUSTRY GROUP

FEB 1980

MARCH 1980

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

5.0

5.1

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

2.8

3.2

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4.5

4.7

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

4.7

4.6

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

MACHINERY, APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

5.0

5.1

OTHERS

4.0

4.0

ALL MANUFACTURING

4.5

4.6

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE STATISTICS WERE BASED ON AN UPDATED AND ENLARGED PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SELECTED BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZE IN SEPTEMBER 1979.

+AS THE PANEL IS NOT A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED SAMPLE, RESULTS OBTAINED WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF THE COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE PANEL.

+ IT IS HOPED HOWEVER THAT THEY WILL GENERALLY INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.

THE SURVEY, WHICH IS CONDUCTED MONTHLY, ALSO ASKS QUESTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS BESIDES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR MARCH 1980 WILL SHORTLY BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AT $1 A COPY.

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