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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991

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

IN NOVEMBER 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED WHEN BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990, BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN WITH NOVEMBER 1989, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

SURVEY

OF

COMPARED RELEASED

ORDERS-ON- COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME

CHANGE IN ALL MANUFACTURING NOVEMBER 1990 SHOWED LITTLE IN INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

HAND

IN NOVEMBER COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989, THE ORDERS POSITION

PARTICULARLY 1990 DROPPED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED,

AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS IN THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED MODERATELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

TERMS OF

THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN 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 NOVEMBER 1990 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER WITH OCTOBER 1990, AND BY 11 PER CENT WHEN

1989.

OCTOBER

1990,

EMPLOYMENT

IN

NOVEMBER

1990 COMPARED WITH DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN AND DRINKS AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. SAME PERIOD, THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE

EMPLOYMENT.

COMPARED WITH

NOVEMBER

1989.

EMPLOYMENT

THE FOOD

OVER THE CHANGE. IN

1990 LARGEST AND THE

IN NOVEMBER DECREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE

RECORDED IN DECREASES

PRODUCTS, THE PLASTIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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

TEXTILES

EMPLOYMENT IN

WAS

IN THE MANUFACTURING MONEY TERMS, WHEN

IN NOVEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS

BY 2 PER CENT, IN DECREASED COMPANIES SURVEYED COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990.

THE

IN

1SSUE

A

SLIGHT

METAL

OVER THIS PERIOD, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED MODERATELY ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, FOLLOWING THE

SURVEYED. OF BONUSES IN

MANUFACTURERS OCTOBER BY SOME DECREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

/ON THE

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