Building and construction
5.13
(9)
/
the
Despite some overall decrease
decrease in employment
building and civil engineering industries remained active during the first half of this year. The industry was assisted
by the substantial investment in construction machinery in
recent years. Retained imports of construction machinery in
1981, at $467 million, were 76% more than in 1980, itself a
year in which imports were substantial compared with the early
and mid-seventies. Although in the first half of this year
retained imports of construction machinery, at $216 million,
were 12% less than in the first half of last year,
(9)
/ they
Number of manual workers engaged on building and construction sites
Public
Private
Total
1979
Mar
36 023
(9.1)
36 846
(14.4)
72 869
(11.7)
Jun
37 703
(10.5)
39 780
(17.5)
77 483
(14.0)
Sep
39 096
(12.3)
43 751
(30.2)
82 847
(21.1)
Dec
40 002
(4.7)
45 957
(25.8)
85 959
(15.0)
1980
Mar
35 881
(-0.4)
48 967
(32.9)
84 848
(16.4)
Jun
35 104
(-6.9)
54 609
(37.3)
89 713
(15.8)
Sep
34 797
(-11.0)
54 873
(25.4)
89 670
(8.2)
Dec
36 291
(-9.3)
54 207
(18.0)
90 498
(5.3)
1981
Mar
37 946
(5.8)
52 318
(6.8)
90 264
(6.4)
Jun
35 307
(0.6)
51 475
(-5.7)
86 782
(-3.3)
Sep
33 211
(-4.6)
49 522
(-9.8)
82 733
(-7.7)
Dec
38 863
(7.1)
50 014
(-7.7)
88 877
(-1.8)
1982
Mar
39 880
(5.1)
46 601
(-10.9)
86 481
(-4.2)
Note: Percentage change on the same period of preceding year
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