FC040/1616
CHAPTER 5: ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS
Manufacturing
5.1
On the basis of the figures on domestic exports (paragraph 2.1) and on retained imports of raw materials and
semi-manufactures (paragraph 2.7), there was some improvement in manufacturing activity in the first quarter.
5.2
in the
higher
.
The indexes of textile production showed that output
textiles industry in the fourth quarter of 1982 was
than that in the third quarter. But for 1982 as a
whole, production was 11% lower than in 1981. Although the
indexes for the first quarter
the first quarter of 1983 are not yet available, statistics on textile exports suggest that there was a slight improvement in production activity.
Indexes of textile production
(1973 = 100)
Spinning
and weaving
Spinning
Weaving
1981
ã
Q1
87
78
100
Q2
100
92
111
Q3
94
89
102
Q4
95
88
105
1982
Q1
76
71
83
Q2
86
81
95
Q3
84
78
94
Q4
90
79
106
5.3
(1)
The results of the
Quarterly Business Survey
conducted in January 1983
January 1983 indicated that the major problems experienced by firms in the manufacturing sector in the fourth
(1)
/quarter
The Quarterly Business Surveys conducted by the Census and Statistics Department seek from respondents their impression of business conditions in the immediately preceding quarter and their opinion regarding business prospects in the forthcoming quarter. The sample used for the survey consists of some 800 firms taken from various sectors. It is a selection of the largest firms in each sector plus a random sample of medium sized firms.
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