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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1993

ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN JUNE

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THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ACCORDING SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN JUNE THIS YEAR OVER A YEAR EARLIER, TO A MONTHLY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

VOLUME IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF

MONTHS

THAT

WILL REQUIRE TO COMPLETE THE ORDERS OUTSTANDING MANUFACTURERS THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

AS

AT

THE

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, ORDERS POSITION IN PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES INCREASED MODERATELY BY 8% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN INDUSTRY (5%), THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY (2%) AND METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (2%).

WITH COMPARED

TEXTILES THE THE FABRICATED

THE PRECEDING MONTH, ORDERS FOR ALL THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

ORDERS POSITION IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH,

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE A TEXTILES INDUSTRIES DECREASED MODERATELY BY 7% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

DECREASE SLIGHT

OF 1% WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.

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.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SAMPLE FULLY COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

NEVERTHELESS, THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A

OF INDICATION USEFUL

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

AT

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