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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1980

ORDERS-ON-HAND SURVEY

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) RELEASED ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS AS FOLLOWS I

ORDERS-ON-HAND

IN TERMS OF MONTHS

INDUSTRY GROUP

JUNE 1980

JULY 1980

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

5.0

4.9

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

2.6

2.5

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4.2

3.8

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

4.3

4.0

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY,

APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

5.2

5.3

OTHERS

3.8

3.5

ALL MANUFACTURING

4.4

4.3

THESE 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 IN THE PANEL, 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, WHICH IS CONDUCTED MONTHLY, ALSO CONTAINS QUESTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS BESIDES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JULY 1980 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, AT $1 A COPY. ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE AT THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL: 5-274203).