19.06.1998

PRESIDENT OF STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS EXPLAINED THE RESULT OF THE INDEXES OF PRODUCTION WORKERS AND PRODUCTION WORKED HOURS WHICH ARE CALCULATED USING THE DATA COMPILED FROM 2500 LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1998 (JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH) TAKING 1992 AS A BASE YEAR.

ACCORDING TO THE RESULT OF INDEXES OF PRODUCTION WORKERS AND PRODUCTION WORKED HOURS, PRODUCTION WORKERS INCREASED BY 2.3 % AND WORKED HOURS INCREASED BY 1.8 % IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1998 OVER TO THE SAME QUARTER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE DATA USED CALCULATING THE INDEXES ARE CONDUCTED FROM ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN PRIVATE SECTOR WHICH REPRESENT 89 % VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGED 10 OR MORE EMPLOYEES.

Obtaining the results for the first quarter of 1998 to the same quarter of the previous year;

The number of production workers decreased by 6.1 % in public sector and increased by 3.9 % in private sector.

When the number of production worked hours of the same establishments for the first quarter of 1998 compared to the same quarter of the previous year;