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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1987

APRIL ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES OUT

IN

THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTESI THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN APRIL, 1987 WAS THE SAME AS THAT IN MARCH THIS YEAR, BUT INCREASED COMPARED 41TH APRIL LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IN

COMPARING APRIL 1987 WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND WERE RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, THE WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES. HOWEVER, THE OLDERS POSITION IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DROPPED.

INCREASES

IN

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987, DECREASES IN THE VOLUME 'OF ORDEPA-ON- HAND WERE REPORTED IN THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, WHILE SLIGHT

WERE REPORTED THE WEARING APPAREL AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN APRIL 1987 1PPED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987 AND APRIL 1986. COMPAREL MARCH 1987, THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES RECORDED SOME INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT, WHILE THE WEARING TRXTILES INDUSTRIES SHOWED SOME DECREASES. COMPARED WITH EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DROPPED, WHILE THAT

INDUSTRIES SURVEYED INCREASED.

BOTH PAYROLL AND PER

CAPITA WHEN

SECTOR INCREASED IN APRIL 1987 APRIL 1986. COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987,

APPAREL AND APRIL

1986,

IN

ALL OTHER

EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURIN{} COMPARED WITH

1987 MARCH

AND PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED IN MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED BUT DECREASED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986, ( INCREASES IN PAYROLL. AND IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED

FABRICATED INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE TEXTILES, PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

SUBSTANTIAL

AN ALL.

METAL

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL TN APRIL

COMPARED

1987 REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED

WITH MARCH 1987, BI'T РБК CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED SLIGHTLY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS ALL INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY WHRN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986.

CAPITA

1987 WAS IN THE SERVICES SECTORS, OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL ABOUT THE SAME AS IN MARCH 1987, BUT PAYROLL AND PER

EARNINGS INCREASED. AMONG THE VARIOUS SERVICES SECTORS, PARTICULAR!.Y LARGE INCREASES IN PAYROLL, AND IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN HOTELS AS SOME OF THEM ISSUED

APRIL BONUSES. COMPARED WITH SERVICES SECTORS 1986, OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN THE PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS. AMONG THE SERVICES RECORDED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PAYROLL AND IN EARNINGS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986.

AS INCREASED,

SECTORS,

PER

DID BANKS CAPITA

THE PERCENTAGE