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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1981-

MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT

PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR JULY

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED THE FOLLOWING ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS FOR JULY, 1981 -

INDUSTRY GROUP

ORDERS-ON-HAND

IN TERMS OF MONTHS

JULY 1980 JUNE 1981 JULY 1981

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

4.9

4.8

4.9

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL

2.5

2.5

2.5

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3.8

3.6

3.2

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

4.0

3.6

3.5

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY

APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES

5.3

5.1

5.0

OTHERS

3.5

3.7

3.7

ALL MANUFACTUR ING

4.3

4.2

4.2

THE OVERALL ORDER BOOK POSITION OF MANUFACTURERS REPORTING IN THE JULY MONTHLY PANEL REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS HELD BY MANUFACTURERS IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY INCREASED, BUT THE VOLUME OF ORDERS HELD BY MANUFACTURERS IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, METAL PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED.

THE ABOVE 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, A SPOKESMAN SAID.

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

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JULY 1981 WILL BE ON SALE SOON AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3 -7221914).

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