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JUNE ORDERS-ON-HAND

THURSDAY. AUGUST 17. 1989

EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

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THE 200 COMPARED

THE ORDERS POSITION IN JUNE 1989 AS REPORTED BY LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES WAS LOWER BY 2 PER CENT WHEN WITH MAY 1989, BUT SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY { CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

{THURSDAY) BY THE

1988,

VOLUME OF AND FABRICATED

COMPARING JUNE 1989 WITH MAY 1989, TH AVERAGE ORDERS-ON-HAND DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, AND SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES

THE WEARING

APPAREL AND

HOWEVER, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN ORDERS WAS RECORDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

IN THE

JUNE 1989 INDUSTRIES,

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988, THE ORDERS POSITION IN INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

ON THE OTHER HAND. ORDERS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. AND REMAINED ALMOST THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.

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

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TOTAL WORKFORCE IN JUNE 1989 INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT BUT DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988.

ELECTRICAL

UNCHANGED IN

IN

TERMS OF

AT

THE END

OVER

THEIR

THAT

MAY 1989,

THE

COMPARED WITH MAY 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE 1989 SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND MODERATELY

INCREASED

IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FOOD AND DRINKS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. THESE INCREASES WERE MAINLY DUE ΤΟ THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS BY SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

INDUSTRIES

DECREASED

COMPARING JUNE 1989 WITH JUNE 1988, EMPLOYMENT SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND ΤΟ A LESSER EXTENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES. SLIGHT DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE RECORDED ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

IN

IN JUNE 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED DECREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, BY 3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1989, BUT INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988.

/COMPARING JUNE