Value of Manufacturers' Orders-on-hand for August 2003
Thursday, 2 October 2003


Percentage changes in the
value of orders-on-hand in
Industry July 2003
over July 2002
(Revised)
August 2003
over August 2002
(Provisional)

All industries covered in the survey -12 -9
Wearing apparel -2 +1
Textiles -12 -8
Electronic products -26 -20
Electrical products -5 -1
Fabricated metal products -14 -18
Plastic products -7 -3
Printing and publishing -3 -2