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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1983

MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND

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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

MAY 1980

JUNE 1980

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

5.2

5.0

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

2.6

2.6

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4.5

4.2

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

4.4

4.3

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY.

APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

4.9

5.2

OTHERS

ALL MANUFACTURING

4.0

3.8

4.5

4.4

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THESE 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. 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 MONTHLY SURVEY ALSO ASKS QUESTIONS ON EMPLOLYMENT AND PAYROLL AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS BESIDES THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JUNE 1980 IS NOW 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 DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NO 5-274203.

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