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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1989

OCTOBER ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

THE ORDERS POSITION IN OCTOBER 1989 AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH SEPTEMBER 1989 AND OCTOBER 1988, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARING OCTOBER 1989 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, ORDERS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.

COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988, THE ORDERS POSITION IN OCTOBER 1989 INCREASED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, AND SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

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

IN TERMS OF AT THE END

THAT THEIR

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TOTAL WORKFORCE IN OCTOBER 1989 REMAINED ALMOST THE SAMB AS IN SEPTEMBER 1989, RUT DECREASED BY * PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988.

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY AND SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE EN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

EMPLOYMENT WITH THE ELECTRICAL

COMPARING OCTOBER 1989 WITH OCTOBER 1988, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASED IN MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

PER CAPITA BY 2 PER

COMPARING OCTOBER 1989 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED DECREASED CENT IN MONEY TERMS. THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES REPORTED SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS DUE LARGELY ΤΟ THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES IN SEPTEMBER 1999 BY SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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