FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990
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AUGUST ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
IN AUGUST 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1990 AND AUGUST 1989, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE FINDINGS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH JULY 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN AUGUST 1990 DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, ORDERS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989, THE ORDERS POSITION IN AUGUST 1990 DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED MODERATELY 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 AUGUST 1990 DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1990, AND BY 11 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989.
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COMPARED WITH JULY 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1990 DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES
INDUSTRIES.
THESE DECREASES WERE PARTLY DUE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS IN THE PRECEDING TWO MONTHS BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHILE THAT IN THE FABRICATED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED SLIGHTLY.
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1990 SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
METAL
DECREASED WITH THE ELECTRICAL
HOWEVER, A MODERATE INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS REPORTED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
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