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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1980

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

JULY 1980 AUGUST 1980

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT

FOOTWEAR

4.9

4.7

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING

APPAREL

2.5

2.5

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3.8

4.0

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS,

4.0

3.9

EXCEPT MACHINERY AND

EQUIPMENT

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

5.3

5.3

MACHINERY, APPARATUS. +

APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

OTHERS

3.5

3.7

ALL MANUFACTURING

4.3

4.3

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.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE PANEL WAS NOT A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED SAMPLE, RESULTS OBTAINED WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF THE COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE PANEL.

HE HOPED HOWEVER THAT THEY WOULD GENERALLY INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.

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

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR AUGUST 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 CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TEL. NO. 5-274203.