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Appendix 12
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Establishments
Persons employed
Industry
1971
1972
1973
1971
1972
1973
Food products
:
...
:
:
689
Beverages
Tobacco
Textiles
Wearing apparel except footwear
Leather and leather products except footwear
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden
footwear
Wood and cork products except furniture
:.
:
:
:
:
:
:
755
1,118
11,117
11,821
14,352
23
24
33
2,883
2,957
3,213
3
3
4
1,034
947
831
2,924
3,110
3,600 126,502
120,900 107,223
:
:.
:
2,929
3,364
6,135
131,435
143,189 181,179
69
68
123
1,356
1,295
1,768
252
258
512
4,819
4,491
4,747
542
636
1,128
6,138
6,357
7,553
Furniture and fixtures except primarily of metal
421
553
1,092
4,166
4,725
7,855
Paper and paper products
Printing and publishing
458
543
846
6,191
6,786
8,103
1,138
1,201
1,369
19,112
18,989
19,285
Chemicals and chemical products
+
161
191
347
3,988
5,077
6,007
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Plastic products
Non-metallic mineral products
Basic metal industries
:
:
:
:
:
:
:..
1
2
2
7
12
15
346
351
388
10,908
8,398
7,277
3,019
3,235
3,631
68,950
72,124
70,560
129
148
302
3,184
3,325
4,238
147
159
242
2,806
2,853 3,058
Fabricated metal products except machinery and
equipment
2,934
3,350
4,393
45,850 49,690
54,431
Machinery except electrical
775
844
1,149
8,406
9,329 10,997
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and
supplies
511
570
794
52,538
62,405 70,345
74
82
218
:
15,723
14,485 13,942
Transport equipment
Professional and scientific, measuring and
controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods
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Gther manufacturing industries
Total
:
149
179
218
7,577
918
848
7,902 9,872
1,461 29,680 20,798 19,541
18,612
20,474
29,105
564,370 578,855
626,392
Note: The figures for 1971 and 1972 refer to employment in manufacturing establishments which have been registered
with or recorded by the Labour Department.