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The following table shows the year-on-year percentage changes in the value of orders-on-hand in different manufacturing industries:

Percentage changes in the value of orders-on-hand in

March 1996

All industries covered in the survey

·

April 1996

over March 1995

(Revised)

3

over April 1995 (Provisional)

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5

* Wearing apparel

4

- 4

* Textiles

9

-12

* Electronic products

· 1

5

* Electrical products

+ 3

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1

* Fabricated metal products

+11

+34

* Plastic products

- 10

-12

* Printing and publishing

2

9

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Survey of transport and related services results released

The business receipts and other income, that is, total receipts, generated by transport establishments in 1994 amounted to $210 billion, representing an increase of 9% over 1993.

Net of operating expenses and compensation of employees, the gross surplus accounted for 14.6% of the total receipts. This was 0.7 percentage point higher than the figure for 1993.