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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

Oct 1996

Nov 1996 over Nov 1995 (Provisional)

over Oct 1995 (Revised)

All industries covered in the survey

6

- 5

-

Wearing apparel

- 1

+1

- Textiles

+1

- Electronic products

-11

-11

- Electrical products

- 3

- Fabricated metal products

+5

+9

- Plastic products

-10

-11

- Printing and publishing

-14

-16

* Changes within +/-0.5%

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