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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1990

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

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IN JUNE 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH MAY 1990 AND JUNE 1989, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH MAY 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN JUNE 1990 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY. LITTLE CHANGE WAS SHOWN IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, BUT ORDERS DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH JUNE 1989, THE ORDERS POSITION DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, TEXTILES AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS INCREASED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

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

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN JUNE 1990 INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1990, BUT DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989.

COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH MAY 1990, SOME INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE REPORTED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES, DUE MAINLY TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS BY SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED.

ON THE OTHER HAND. EMPLOYMENT DECREASED SLIGHTLY TEXTILES INDUSTRY, WHILE THAT IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE 1990 SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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DECREASED WITH THE ELECTRICAL

HOWEVER, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

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IN JUNE 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1990. OVER THIS PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PER CAPITA BARNINGS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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