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MONDAY, JULY 21, 1980

MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT

PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HANE

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS AS FOLLOWS:

ORDERS-ON-HAND

IN TERMS OF MONTHS

INDUSTRY GROUP

APRIL 1980

MAY 1980

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

5.4

5.2

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

2.7

2.6

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4.5

4.5

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

4.3

4.4

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY, APPARATUS. APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

OTHERS

ALL MANUFACTURING

5.0

4.9

4.0

4.J

4.5

4.5

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

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED MONTHLY, INCLUDES DATA ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL AND ALSO COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS.

THE REPORT FOR MAY 1980 IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL. NO. 5-274203.

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