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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1993

MANUFACTURING ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MARCH

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THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1% IN MARCH OVER A YEAR EARLIER, ACCORDING TO MONTHLY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED I

IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO COMPLETE THE ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

ORDERS IN

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR,

THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND THE TEXTUES INDUSTRY INCREASED MODERATELY BY 6% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

ORDERS POSITION REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM A YEAR AGO IN A THE

HOWEVER, WEARING APPAREL AND THE FABRICATED METAL INDUSTRIES. SLIGHT DECREASE OF 2% WAS RECORDFED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

WITH COMPARED

THE PRECEDING MONTH, ORDERS FOR ALL THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED INCREASED SI [GHTLY BY

1%.

ORDERS POSITION IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY IMPROVED BY 6% THE PRECEDING MONTH. OVER

REPORTED SMALLER INCREASES WERE

IN THE WEARING APPAREL (2%), TEXTILES (2%) AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIPS (1%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY RECORDED A DECREASE OF 2%.

200 THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF ORDERS-ON-HAND COVERS A PANEL OF THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

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SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SURVEY SAMPLE COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY NOT BE

THE FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF

MANUFACTURING

SECTOR.

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NEVERTHELESS, THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A

INDICATION OF USEFUL

THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE

A MAKING FOR ASSESSMENT OF SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SECTOR, HE SAID.

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