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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1991

ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND

PER CAPITA EARNINGS FIGURES FOR JULY RELEASED

IN JULY 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HÅND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991, BUT INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT WITH JULY 1990, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED

CHANGE WHEN WHEN COMPARED RELEASED TODAY

WITH JUNE 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND THE IN JULY 1991 INCREASED MODERATELY IN

TEXTILES INDUSTRY BUT OVER THE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

OTHER MANUFACTURING SAME PERIOD, ORDERS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

IN

1991 JULY MODERATELY

COMPARED

JULY 1990, THE ORDERS POSITION WITH INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.

FABRICATED

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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.

THEIR WITH

EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT TOTAL WORKFORCE IN JULY 1991 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED JUNE 1991, BUT DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1990.

JULY 1991 INCREASED COMPARED

JUNE 1991, EMPLOYMENT IN WITH MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, DUE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS.

SLIGHTLY

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED

IN THE FABRICATED IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

FOOD

ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE AND DRINKS, WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

ALL

IN

COMPARED WITH JULY 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 1991 DECREASED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES RECORDED IN

ELECTRICAL AND THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

IN JULY

SURVEYED COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991.

COMPANIES

1991,

PER INCREASED

CAPITA

BY

EARNINGS 1 PER CENT

IN

IN

THE MANUFACTURING

MONEY TERMS

WHEN

CAPITA BARNINGS

INCREASED

PER

IN THE

PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY, DUE PARTLY TO THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL AND PAYMENTS.

MODERATELY

PLASTIC

BONUSE9

/ON THE

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