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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1988

APRIL ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

OF

ORDERS-ON-HAND

IN APRIL 1988, THE AVERAGE VOLUME

REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINED AT ABOUT PER CENT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN MARCH 1988, BUT SHOWED A DECREASE OF 3

OF A SURVEY WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY} BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

SURVEYED REPORTED THAT ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS

THE BUT WAS LOWER APRIL 1988 LEVEL WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN MARCH 1988, BY 3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987.

MANUFACTURING

FIRMS MARCH 1988, AND

IN APRIL 1998, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE SURVEYED INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH BY 13 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987.

ORDERS-ON- METAL BUT

COMPARING APRIL 1988 WITH MARCH 1988, THE VOLUME OF

IN INCREASED SLIGHTLY HAND

THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS PRODUCTS, AND

INDUSTRIES, DECREASED IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

THE LESSER

POSITION IN APRIL 1988 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, THE ORDERS DROPPED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED PARTICULARLY IN

PRODUCTS

AND INDUSTRIES,

ΤΟ WEARING APPAREL AND PLASTIC

1 EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED TIF NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY

1988 OVER MARCH IN APRIL SURVEYED REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL.

APRIL COMPARING

IN TERMS OF AT THE END

INCREASED

1988, WHILE THAT IN OTHER

MORE 1987.

WEARING

THE

1988 WITH APRIL RECORDED IN DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT INDUSTRY.

COMPARED

SLIGHTLY INDUSTRIES

SIGNIFICANT

APPAREL AND IN THE TEXTILES

INDUSTRIES FOR THE WEARING WHICH REGISTERED

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN APRIL 1988 INCREASED IN MOST

WITHI MARCH

EXCEPT SURVEYED WHEN

1988, PRODUCTS APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL

INDUSTRIES, 1987. THE INCREASES IN PER CAPITA DECREASES. COMPARED WITH APRIL EARNINGS IN MOST INDUSTRIES SURVEYED WERE GENERALLY QUITE SUBSTANTIAL.

INDUSTRIES WITH

MORP

NOTABLE INCREASES

INCLUDED CENT), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC METAL PRODUCTS (+20 PER

(+15 PKR CENT), AND FOOD AND DRINKS (+15 PER CENT).

FABRICATED PRODUCTS

ABOUT EARNINGS AND SUBSTANTIALLY

CAPITA

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL 1988 WAS

IN MARCH 1988 AND THE SAME AS

APRIL 1987. TER INCREASED MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL. 1987.

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