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ORDERS-ON-HAND SURVEY ****

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

INDUSTRY GROUP

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

ORDERS-ON-HAND

IN TERMS OF MONTHS

OCTOBER 1980 NOVEMBER 1980

5.0

5.0

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

2.4

2.3

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3.7

3.6

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

3.8

3.7

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

MACHINERY, APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

5.1

5.0

OTHERS

3.7

3.6

ALL MANUFACTURING

4.3

4.2

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON AN UPDATED AND ENLARGED PANEL OF 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 CONDUCTED MONTHLY ALSO CONTAINS QUESTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL. IT COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, SELECTED SERVICES AND THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 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 TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-274203).

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