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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

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

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IN JULY 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED

JUNE 1990, BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY

(TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN JULY 1990 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY. LITTLE CHANGE IN ORDERS WAS RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, THE ORDERS POSITION IN JULY 1990 DROPPED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED OVER THE SAMB 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 JULY 1990 INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990, BUT DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1989.

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 1990 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, MAINLY DUE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHILE THAT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED SLIGHTLY.

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

DECREASED WITH THE ELECTRICAL

IN JULY 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990. OVER THIS PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PER CAPITA BARNINGS INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, TEXTILES AND WEARING APPAREL

INDUSTRIES.

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