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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1994

THE

DETAILED

ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED TIMES A YEAR.

BE

IN

FOUR

WILL END OF

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1993 AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE NEXT MONTH AT $23.50 A COPY.

ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN DECEMBER

DECREASED ACCORDING

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST

YEAR SLIGHTLY BY 2% IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR OVER A TO THE RESULTS OF A MONTHLY SURVEY RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

MANUFACTURERS BARLIER, (FRIDAY)

OF

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER

THAT MONTHS

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

THE

ORDERS

COMPARED

A

POSITION WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1992, THE ORDERS THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 12%.

DECREASE OF 1% WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

IN

AND

ELECTRONIC

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY TEXTILES THE

INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. INDUSTRY REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 1%.

AND

THE

PLASTIC

PRODUCTS

COMPARED

WITH THE

PRECEDING MONTH,

ORDERS FOR ALL THE

MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

ORDERS

(9%),

THE

POSITION INCREASED IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY (3%) AND THE

PLASTIC

PRODUCTS WBARING APPAREL

INDUSTRY INDUSTRY

(2%).

ON THE

OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE

FABRICATED METAL

PRODUCTS

INDUSTRY AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 3% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

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.

SURVEY NOT

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SAMPLE COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT

MANUFACTURING BE FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE SECTOR.

A USEFUL

NEVERTHELESS, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT of SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS SECTOR, HE SAID.

/THE SURVEY